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Æ18 - Vitellius L Α
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 69 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse lettering | ΩΛΟΥ ΟΥΙΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΑΥΤ (Translation: of Aulus Vitellius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vitellius never set foot in Egypt. His recognition there was a political formality extended by the Alexandrian mint while Vespasian — then commanding Roman forces in Judaea — was already positioned to contest the throne. Within months of this coin's issue, the eastern legions had declared for Vespasian, and Egypt's prefect Tiberius Julius Alexander declared him emperor on 1 July 69 AD, the date most ancient sources treat as the formal start of his reign. Vitellius was dead by December.