120, Lot: 88. Estimate $500. Sold for $2740. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VITELLIUS. 69 AD. Æ As (29mm, 9.83 g). Rome mint. A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M TR P, laureate bust right, small globe at point of bust / S-C, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. RIC I -; BMCRE -; BN -; Cohen -. VF, dark green patina under thick earthen encrustation, some light roughness and smoothing. Exceptionally fine dies in high relief. Unpublished reverse type for Vitellius.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.