CNG 112, Lot: 607. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vitellius. AD 69. AV Aureus (17mm, 6.35 g, 6h). Rome mint. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right / LIBERI • IMP • GERM • AVG •, confronted, draped busts of Vitellius’ son, on left, and daughter, on right. RIC I 100; Calicó 557 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 27 (same rev. die); BN –; Biaggi 289 (same dies); Jameson –; Mazzini –. light scratches and scuffs on surfaces and edge, small metal flaw in reverse field. Near VF. Very rare.

From a European collection formed prior to the First World War.