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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 4314153, member: 39084&quot;]Vitellius sestertii are certainly difficult to find in almost any condition; yours has a readily identifiable obverse bust of Vitellius and is a good find for your collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m struck by how similar your reverse of Mars is to my Domitian sestertius, even though my Domitian is attributed to Thrace:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1096999[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>DOMITIAN&nbsp; 69 - 81 AD. </p><p>AE Sestertius (26.88 g.) Thrace 80-81 AD&nbsp; RIC 509 Titus</p><p>CAES DIVI AVG VESP F DOMITIANVS COS VII, laureate head right / S C across field, Mars walking right, holding spear in right hand, trophy over left shoulder</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Rome Mars reverse seems a little more gracefully rendered than my Thrace reverse, although possibly the engraver intended the somewhat haughty look and body pose on my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>My own Vitellius sestertius, purchase through my dealer from a private collector who had acquired it from an NAC auction, has what I consider an excellent obverse portrait albeit a weakly struck reverse with a disappearing Victory being held by Mars:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097003[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>VITELLIUS&nbsp; 69 A.D.</p><p>AE Sestertius (29.74 g.)&nbsp; Rome Apr. - Dec. 69 A.D.&nbsp;&nbsp; RIC 115</p><p>A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M TR P Laureate and draped bust r. Rev. MARS VICTOR S – C Mars, helmeted and in military dress, striding l., holding Victory in r. hand, parazonium at side and trophy over l. shoulder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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