RPC I, 5374


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	5374
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Vitellius
Person (obv.)	Vitellius (Augustus)
Issue	Year 1
Dating	19 April – 1 July 69
Obverse inscription	ΩΛΟΥ ΟΥΙΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΑΥΤ
Edition	Ὠλοῦ Οὔϊτ(ελλου) Καίσ(αρος) Σεβ(αστοῦ) Γερμ(ανικοῦ) Αὐτ(οκράτορος)
Translation	of Aulus Vitellius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator
Obverse design	laureate head of Vitellius, right
Reverse inscription	L Α
Edition	(ἔτους) αʹ
Translation	of year 1
Reverse design	bust of Nike, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	36 mm
Average weight	21.72 g
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	NY: 1944.100.53715		37	21.72	12		Show
2	2	G	Hunter 147 = SNG 3864				G 147 has a different and anomalous obv. legend (ΑΥΤOΚ ΚΑIΣ ΑΥΛΟY ΟΥIΤΕΛΛIΟΣ ΓΕΡ[ ]); as Macdonald notes in his catalogue, this can be disregarded since the coin has been reworked in modern times.	Show
3	3		DS pl. 12, unnumbered	34				Show