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Aureus - Vitellius and Lucius Vitellius Pater L VITELLIVS COS III CENSOR
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 69 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P (Translation: Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Imperator Augustus, Tribunicia Potestas Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, supreme commander (Imperator), emperor (Augustus), tribunician power.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Vitellius struck this aureus honoring his father Lucius Vitellius, who had served as censor under Claudius and held three consulships — an extraordinary record for a man who survived the treacherous courts of Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius alike. The elder Lucius was dead by 51 AD, making this a posthumous tribute issued nearly two decades after his death, deployed by his son during the civil war of 69 AD as a deliberate legitimizing gesture.
RIC I 94 is among the rarer Vitellian gold issues. Vitellius held power for only eight months before Vespasian's forces entered Rome.