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Aureus - Vitellius, Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, and Vitellia LIBERIS IMP GERMANICI
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 69 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, laureate bust of Emperor Vitellius facing left, rendered in high relief with characteristic fleshy features and curling hair bound by a laurel wreath; a small globe appears at the point of truncation below the neck, a dynastic symbol of imperial authority. The portrait is executed in the realistic veristic tradition of Roman imperial portraiture, conveying the emperor's heavy physiognomy with considerable sculptural depth. The encircling Latin legend runs along the beaded border from left to right. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | LIBERIS IMP GERMANICI (Translation: Liberis Imperatoris Germanici Of the child of the supreme commander (Imperator), Germanicus.) |
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