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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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