RPC I, 1617

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1617
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Koinon of Macedonia
Reign Vitellius
Person (obv.) Vitellius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΟΥΙΤΕΛΛΙΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ
Edition Αὖ(λος) Οὐιτέλλιος Γερμανικὸς Αὐτοκράτωρ
Translation Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Vitellius, left
Reverse inscription ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ
Edition Σεβαστὸς Μακεδόνων
Translation Augustus, of the Macedonians
Reverse design Macedonian shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.77 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 244
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Note The obv. legend was read as ΑΥ ΟΥΙΤΕΛΛΙΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ, but AY cannot be read. On specimen 4 the legend seems to start with A only.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18247718, Fox Kat 8
2 2     B: 18247715, Löbb
3 3     Mu: 63 ex Cousinèry
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 204, 5 Mar. 2012, lot 1725 = Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1759