Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 569. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vitellius. AD 69. AR Denarius (3.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa April-December AD 69. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right / XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod-lebes surmounted by dolphin right; below, raven perched right. RIC I 109; RSC 111; BMCRE 39-40; BN 77. Superb EF, toned. Bold portrait.

From a Gentleman’s Collection. Ex Tkalec (23 October 1998), lot 130; Numismatica Ars Classica 9 (16 April 1996), lot 835.