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ID:     78001737
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Vitellius
Date Ruled:     AD 69
Metal:     Copper
Denomination:     As
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 69
Weight:     10.6 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     A VITELLIVS_IMP GERMAN
Obverse Description:     Laureate head left, globe at point of bust
Reverse Legend:     LIBERTAS_RESTITVTA / S-C
Reverse Description:     S - C to the left and right of Libertas standing facing, head right, holding pileus and scepter
Mint:     Spanish (Tarraco?)
Primary Reference:     RIC 044
Reference2:     BMCRE 106
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=122308
Grade:     Good VF, dark green patina
Notes:     Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1737 Bold portrait. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby’s New York, 19 June 1991), lot 716; Dr. E. P. Nicolas Collection (Kampmann, Paris, 1982), lot 245.