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ID number:  BIRBI-R0998
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Pears, G. B.
Maker:  Vitellius; Lucius Vitellius; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 69
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  2.77
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 4070. A. H. Baldwin 1965, ex Col. G. B. Pears Collection.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Vitellius, laureate r. Reverse: Bust of L. Vitellius, laureate and draped r. eagle-topped sceptre in front.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: Λ VIIELLIVS GERM IMP ΛVG TR P (Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Emperor Augustus, Tribune of the people) Reverse: L VITELL… … III CENSOR (Lucius Vitellius, consul for the third time and censor).

Bibliography:  RIC I 2nd ed. 99

5 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Vitellius
Roman
15
69
Pears, G. B.
British
03 November 1881
21 November 1965
Lucius Vitellius
Roman

69
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