Upgraded Vitellius Tetradrachm

I had a Vitellius tetradrachm that kept getting bronze disease, I finally decided to give it the heave ho and found one in much nicer condition and the price was more than fair.


Vitellius (69 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria

Billon Tetradrachm

O: ΩΛΟΥ ΟΥΙΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΑΥΤ, laureate head right.

R: Nike advancing left, holding wreath with her extended right hand and palm frond with her left; LA (date) to left.

23mm

12.99g

RPC 5372; Köln 260-2; Dattari 340; K&G 19.1. Emmett 196.1

 

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Here is my old one.


Vitellius (69 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: ΩΛΟΥ ΟΥΙΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΑΥΤ, laureate head right.
R: Nike advancing left, holding wreath with her extended right hand and palm frond with her left; LA (date) to left.
26mm
12.1g
RPC 5372; Köln 260-2; Dattari 340; K&G 19.1. Emmett 196.1

 

Both are good examples @Mat

 

May I ask how reasonable……..

 

Nice upgrade! You old one has a bit more detail, but the new one wins on aesthetics by a mile

 

Very nice coin! I like the earlier one, too, but that's a great upgrade. I'd like to get a Vitellius and Galba Alexandrian so I can finish my 12 Caesars while hitting another sub-collection.

Come to think of it, maybe I could go for a complete Alexandria set (minus Julius Caesar...maybe that would be a Cleopatra, depending when her coins began!) ...