Calicó Plate Coin

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1438. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vitellius. AD 69. AV Aureus (7.41 g, 7h). Tarraco mint. A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN, laureate head left, globe at point of neck / CONSENSVS EXERCITVVM, Mars, wearing crested helmet, advancing left, holding spear in right hand and vexillum surmounted by aquila in left. RIC I 22; Calicó 544 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, numerous gouges, marks, and dings. Rare.