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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 10
AD 69
Denarius in silver struck at Rome under Otho, AD 69, catalogued as RIC I (second edition) Otho 10. Obverse: Head of Otho, bare, right. Reverse: Securitas, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and sceptre in left. Obverse legend: IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. Reverse legend: SECVRITAS P R. Related types w…
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 13
RIC I (second edition) Otho 13. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows victory, draped, advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left, with the legend VICTORIA OTHONIS.
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 14
RIC I (second edition) Otho 14. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows victory, draped, advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left, with the legend VICTORIA OTHONIS.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 16
RIC I (second edition) Otho 16. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows victory, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left, with the legend VICTORIA OTHONIS.
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 17
RIC I (second edition) Otho 17. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows victory, draped, standing left on globe, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left, with the legend VICTORIA OTHONIS.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 19
RIC I (second edition) Otho 19. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and sceptre or rod in left, with the legend PONT MAX.
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 20
RIC I (second edition) Otho 20. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows ceres, draped, standing left, holding two corn-ears in right hand and cornucopia in left, with the legend PONT MAX.
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American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC I (second edition) Otho 21
RIC I (second edition) Otho 21. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows jupiter, half-draped, seated right on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand sceptre in left, with the legend PONT MAX.
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 22
RIC I (second edition) Otho 22. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows otho, in military dress, on horseback right, levelling spear with right hand, with the legend PONT MAX.
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 24
RIC I (second edition) Otho 24. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows vesta, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and sceptre in left, with the legend PONT MAX.
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 3
RIC I (second edition) Otho 3. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows pax, draped, standing left, holding branch in right hand and caduceus in left, with the legend PAX ORBIS TERRARVM.
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 4
RIC I (second edition) Otho 4. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows pax, draped, standing left, holding branch in right hand and caduceus in left, with the legend PAX ORBIS TERRARVM. Related ty…
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Otho 7
RIC I (second edition) Otho 7. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Otho. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Otho, bare, right, with the legend IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P. The reverse shows securitas, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and sceptre in left, with the legend SECVRITAS P R. The obverse s…
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The British Museum — photograph sourced via the American Numismatic Society OCRE type corpus
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 24
AD 14–AD 37
Aureus in gold struck at Lugdunum under Tiberius, AD 14–AD 37, catalogued as RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 24. Obverse: Head of Tiberius, laureate, right. Reverse: Head of Augustus, laureate, right; above, star. Obverse legend: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS. Reverse legend: DIVOS AVGVST DIVI F.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 26
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 26. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Lugdunum. The obverse shows head of Tiberius, laureate, right, with the legend TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS. The reverse shows female figure, draped, right, seated, right on chair with plain legs, holding branch and long sceptre;…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 29
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 29. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Lugdunum. The obverse shows head of Tiberius, laureate, right, with the legend TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS. The reverse shows female figure, draped, right, seated, right holding branch and inverted spear, on chair with ornamented…
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 3
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 3. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Lugdunum. The obverse shows head of Tiberius, laureate, right, with the legend TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS. The reverse shows tiberius, laureate and cloaked, standing in quadriga right, holding laurel-branch in right hand and eagle…
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 38
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 38. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Tiberius, laureate, left, with the legend TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST IMP VIII. The reverse shows small facing bust of Tiberius, laureate, draped, right, within laurel-wreath on round shield edged…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 42
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 42. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows confronting heads of two little boys on crossed cornucopias, with winged caduceus between them. The reverse shows legend surrounding large S C, with the legend DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N PONT TR PO…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 43
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 43. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of woman, draped, veiled and diademed, right, with the legend PIETAS. The reverse shows legend surrounding large S C, with the legend DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER. The obverse shows bust of…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 44
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 44. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Tiberius, bare, left, with the legend TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST IMP VIII. The reverse shows legend surrounding large S C, with the legend PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POTEST XXIIII.
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 45
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 45. Denomination: As. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Drusus, bare, left, with the legend DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N. The reverse shows legend surrounding large S C, with the legend PONTIF TRIBVN POTEST ITER.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 46
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 46. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of woman as Iustitia, draped, right, wearing stephane decorated with floral ornaments; her hair is fastened in a knot at the back, with the legend IVSTITIA. The reverse shows legend surrounding large…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 47
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 47. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of woman as Salus Augusta, draped, right; head bare with hair waved and fastened in a knot at the back, with the legend SALVS AVGVSTA. The reverse shows legend surrounding large S C, with the legend T…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 48
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 48. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows tiberius, laureate, togate, seated, left on curule chair, his feet on stool, holding patera in right hand and long sceptre in left, with the legend CIVITATIBVS ASIAE RESTITVTIS. The reverse shows legend s…
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 5
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 5. Denomination: Quinarius aureus. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Lugdunum. The obverse shows head of Tiberius, laureate, right, with the legend TI DIVI F AVGVSTVS. The reverse shows victory, draped, seated, right on globe, holding wreath with both hands, her left wing is not visible, wit…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 63
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 63. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows shield inscribed OB CIVES SER in three lines within oak-wreath supported by two capricorns; below, globe, with the legend DIVO AVGVSTO S P Q R. The reverse shows legend surrounding large S C, with the leg…
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 64
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 64. Denomination: As. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Tiberius, laureate, left, with the legend TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST IMP VIII. The reverse shows rudder placed vertically across banded globe; small globe at base of rudder, left, with the legend PONTIF…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 65
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 65. Denomination: As. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Tiberius, laureate, left, with the legend TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST IMP VIII. The reverse shows winged caduceus upright, with the legend PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POTEST XXXIIX large S C.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 74
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 74. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Augustus, radiate, left, with the legend DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER. The reverse shows front view of domed hexastyle temple, surmounted by figure and flanked by calf on left and lamb on right; both on ba…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 79
This object is a dupondius coin associated with the Roman Empire. Its obverse design features the radiate head of Augustus facing left, accompanied by the obverse legend DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER. The reverse design features a large SC situated within an oak-wreath, along with the reverse legend S C. The coin is made of…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 81
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 81. Denomination: As. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Augustus, radiate, left, with the legend DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER. The reverse shows altar-enclosure with double paneled door right; various ornaments on top, left and right, with the legend PROVIDENT S C.
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 82
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 82. Denomination: As. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Augustus, radiate, left, with the legend DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER. The reverse shows eagle standing, front, on globe, with open wings, head turned right, with the legend S C.
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 83
This object is a Roman Empire coin with the denomination of an as, identified under the type reference RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 83. The obverse depicts the radiate head of Augustus facing left, accompanied by the inscription DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER. The reverse design features an upright winged thunderbolt along…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 90
RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 90. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Tiberius. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows head of Tiberius, laureate, right, with the legend TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS. The reverse shows caduceus upright between two cornucopiae crossed at the tips and two crossed branches, wit…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 100
AD 69
Aureus in gold struck at Rome under Vitellius, AD 69, catalogued as RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 100. Obverse: Head of Vitellius, laureate, right. Reverse: Busts of Vitellius' son and daughter, left and right respectively, draped, confronting. Obverse legend: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P. Reverse legend: LIBERI…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 105
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 105. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Vitellius, laureate, right, with the legend A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P. The reverse shows libertas, draped, standing front, head right, holding pileus in right hand and rod in left, with the l…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 106
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 106. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Vitellius, laureate, right, with the legend A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P. The reverse shows vesta, veiled and draped, seated right on throne, holding patera in right hand and sceptre in left, with…
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The British Museum
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 107
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 107. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Vitellius, laureate, right, with the legend A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P. The reverse shows vesta, veiled and draped, seated right on throne, holding patera in right hand and sceptre in left, wi…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 118
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 118. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Vitellius, laureate, draped, right, with the legend A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M TR P. The reverse shows pax, draped, standing left, holding branch in right hand and cornucopia in left, w…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 163
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 163. Denomination: As. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Vitellius, laureate, right, with the legend A VITELLIVS GERMA IMP AVG P M TR P. The reverse shows altar enclosure with double paneled door and projections at top corners, with the legend PROVIDENT S C.…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 23
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 23. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Tarraco. The obverse shows head of Vitellius, laureate, left; globe at point of neck, with the legend A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN. The reverse shows mars, helmeted, wearing only cloak, advancing left, holding spear in right hand and…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 36
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 36. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Tarraco. The obverse shows head of Vitellius, laureate, left; globe at point of neck; palm in front, with the legend A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN. The reverse shows victory, draped, advancing right, holding shield inscribed S P Q R in…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 53
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 53. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Lugdunum. The obverse shows head of Vitellius, laureate, right; globe at point of neck, with the legend A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN. The reverse shows clasped right hands, with the legend FIDES EXERCITVVM. Related types with the sam…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 56
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 56. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Lugdunum. The obverse shows head of Vitellius, laureate, right; globe at point of neck, with the legend A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN. The reverse shows jupiter, naked to waist, seated left, holding thunderbolt in right and sceptre in…
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Digitales Münzkabinett der Universität Heidelberg, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 60
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 60. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Lugdunum. The obverse shows head of Vitellius, laureate, right; globe at point of neck, with the legend A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN. The reverse shows vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne, holding patera in right hand and…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 62
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 62. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Lugdunum. The obverse shows head of Vitellius, laureate, right; globe at point of neck, with the legend A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN. The reverse shows victory, draped, advancing left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R in right hand, w…
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 66
RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 66. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Vitellius, bare, right, with the legend A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP. The reverse shows concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left, with the legend CONCORDIA…
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