Roman Imperial coin – HCR21399

Obverse

Inscription:

A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP AVG [P M] TR P

Design:

Bust of Vitellius, laureate, draped, right

Reverse

Inscription:

HONOS ET [V]IRTVS S C

Design:

Honos, draped, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and cornucopiae in left facing Virtus, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, holding parazonium in right hand and sceptre in left, right foot on helmet

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Person

Vitellius (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 69

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

24.86

Axis

Diameter (mm)

34.6

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

30/11/1951

Source

C. M. Kraay

Acquisition credit

Presented by C. M. Kraay, 1951.

Reference

RIC I (second edition) : 113

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).vit.113

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, mmaliczowski