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Aureus - Vitellius VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory
| Uitgever | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Jaar | 69 |
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| Valuta | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Bare-headed, laureate bust of Vitellius facing right, rendered in high relief with fleshy, naturalistic portraiture characteristic of the Julio-Claudian tradition. A small globe appears at the base of the neck, symbolizing imperial dominion over the world. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic heavy jowls and curling hair bound with a laurel wreath. A beaded border frames the design, with the Latin legend distributed around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN (Translation: Aulus Vitellius Imperator Germanicus Aulus Vitellius, supreme commander (Imperator) of the Germans.) |
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Vitellius held power for less than eight months in 69 AD — the Year of the Four Emperors — before being dragged through Rome and executed at the Gemonian Steps in December. His aurei were struck at a mint widely debated as either Lugdunum or Rome itself, with RIC placing this type at the latter. The VICTORIA AVGVSTI reverse is a pointed piece of wishful propaganda: Vitellius never secured a meaningful military victory, and his reign collapsed when Vespasian's Danubian legions crossed into Italy.
Survivorship is low relative to his Julio-Claudian predecessors, a direct consequence of damnatio memoriae and the brevity of production.