RIC I (second edition) Vitellius 166
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Vitellius 166. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Vitellius. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Vitellius
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Vitellius, laureate, draped, right
- Reverse
- Vitellius, in military dress, standing right, leaning right hand on vertical spear, and left on parazonium facing Ceres, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and torch in left; lighted altar between; ship's prow behind
- Obverse legend
- A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG P M TR P
- Reverse legend
- ANNONA AVG S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).vit.166
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