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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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872
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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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Estimate €40,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
Vitellius (69). Aureus ND (69), Rome.
Av. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P. Laureate bust facing right.
Rev. [L VI]TELLIVS COS III CENSOR. Lucius Vitellius the Elder, wearing a toga, seated on the left on a curule chair, his feet resting on a cushion, raising his right hand and holding a sceptre adorned with an eagle in his left hand.
Calicó 565a = this specimen! – RIC.94 – BMCRE 23 – BN 54-5 – Adda 44; Gold – 7.28 g – 19 mm – 6 h
From the collection of Albéric Paul Édouard du Chastel de la Howardries, Rollin & Feuardent auction, 27 May 1889, lot 279 (190 Franc-Or), then Lanz 50 auction, 27 November 1989, lot 602, then Numismatic Fine Arts XXX, 8 December 1992, lot 227; Numismatica Ars Classica 119, 6 October 2020, lot 23; and finally Triton XXVII, 9 January 2024, lot 712.
The strike is only slightly off-centre. A very fine portrait, in high relief. Very rare. Superb in mint condition.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, buyers from within the EU are required to pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, successful bidders from the EU will also be required to pay 5.5% VAT on this lot
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