RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 1
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 69
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Tarraco (ancient mint)
Aureus in gold struck at Tarraco under Vitellius, AD 69, catalogued as RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 1. Obverse: Head of Vitellius, laureate, left; globe at point of neck. Reverse: Clementia, draped, seated left, holding branch in right hand and sceptre in left. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Aureus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tarraco
- Issuing authority
- Vitellius
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Vitellius, laureate, left; globe at point of neck
- Reverse type
- Clementia, draped, seated left, holding branch in right hand and sceptre in left
- Obverse legend
- A VITELLIVS IMP GERMANICVS
- Reverse legend
- CLEMENTIA IMP GERMAN
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).vit.1
- Catalogue reference
- RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 1
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.1(2).vit.1
Catalogue references
Research required
- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet