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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24775855, member: 26430&quot;]Vitellius is one of those few Emperors who did not strike &quot;captives&quot; coinage or struck them in very limited numbers. Vitellius&#039; only ones relate to Judaea Capta and are rare and expensive. An <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?lot=167&amp;p=lot&amp;sid=2507" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?lot=167&amp;p=lot&amp;sid=2507" rel="nofollow">&quot;affordable&quot; one sold at Nomos</a> 5 years ago for 28,000 CHF + fees.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really wish I&#039;d had $20,000 or so to spare for the one at Berk&#039;s BBS 220, which I though deserved much more. (I thought someone would buy it outright at $34.5K.) <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?lot=322&amp;p=lot&amp;sid=5855" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?lot=322&amp;p=lot&amp;sid=5855" rel="nofollow">The Sir A.J. Evans coin, published by Hendin and others</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>NOT MY COIN</b></p><blockquote><blockquote><p>[ATTACH=full]1585029[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I actually sold the coin below, but this is the one I&#039;ll try to replace for my &quot;captives&quot; collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why is that a &quot;captives&quot; coin (almost)? Libertas is holding the <i>vindicta</i> -- the rod used in the ceremony of the manumission of slaves -- and the liberty cap, symbolizing their freedom:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>NO LONGER MY COIN</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585028[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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