Denarius - Vitellius, Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, and Vitellia LIBERI IMP GERMAN

Vitellius held power for barely eight months in 69 AD — the Year of the Four Emperors — before being dragged through Rome and executed in December. This denarius, which names his children on the reverse, was almost certainly struck at Rome early in his reign as a calculated bid for dynastic legitimacy. The gesture was premature. His son Petronianus died before him, and the line ended with Vitellius himself in the gutter of the Gemonian Stairs.