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ID number:  BIRBI-R0999
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Vitellius; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 69
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  3.24
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3910. A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 1962
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Vitellius, laureate r. Reverse: Libertas draped, standing facing, head r. holding a pileus in her r. hand and a long rod in her l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: Λ VITELLIVS GERM IMr ΛVG TR P (Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Emperor Augustus, Tribune of the people) Reverse: LIBERTAS …cSTITVTA (Freedom restored).

Bibliography:  RIC I 2nd ed. 105

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Rome
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Vitellius
Roman
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