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Denarius - Vitellius CONSENSVS EXERCITVVM, Mars
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 69 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | CONSENSVS EXERCITVVM (Translation: Consensus Exercitum The consent of the army.) |
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Vitellius issued this coin during his march on Rome in 69 AD — the Year of the Four Emperors — before he had even secured the city. The CONSENSVS EXERCITVVM reverse was a direct appeal to legitimacy through military unity, a message aimed as much at wavering legions as at Rome itself. His German Rhine armies had proclaimed him emperor in January; by the time this denarius circulated, Otho was already dead and Vespasian's forces were mobilizing in the east.
Vitellius was dead by December. His entire reign lasted eight months.