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As - Vitellius PROVIDENT S C
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 69 |
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| Diameter | 27.5 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | PROVIDENT S C (Translation: Providentia. Senatus Consultum Foresight. Decree of the senate.) |
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Vitellius held power for less than a year — from April to December 69 AD, the third of four emperors in that extraordinary civil war year — before being dragged through Rome and killed by Vespasian's forces. His bronze coinage is consequently scarce simply by arithmetic: the Rome mint had months, not years, to produce it. RIC I 173 is among the more common of his aes issues, but "common for Vitellius" is a relative term that would look quite rare beside any Flavian or Antonine type.