Unpublished Vitellius Dupondius

186, Lot: 158. Estimate $500. Sold for $1105. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vitellius. AD 69. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 14.86 g). Rome mint. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG P M TR P, Laureate head right / Roma standing right, holding shield and parazonium, clasping hands with Vitellius standing left. RIC I -; BMCRE -; BN -. VF, dark brownish-green patina with some spots of red, fields smoothed. Rare reverse type and unpublished in the major references with this obverse legend.