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ID number: BIRBI-R1006 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Vitellius; Lugdunum Denomination: Denarius Place made: Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: AD 69 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.75 Weight (g): 3.34 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3622. Spink & Son Ltd, 1960 |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Vitellius, laureate, r. Reverse: Vesta veiled and draped, seated l. holding a torch in her l. hand and a patera in her oustretched r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN (Aulus Vitellius Emperor Germanicus). Reverse: (anticlockwise) VESTA P R QVIRITIVM (Vesta, Quiritine people of Rome).
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 60
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