Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1738. Estimate $15000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vitellius. AD 69. AV Aureus (7.18 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa late April-20 December AD 69. Laureate head right / Vesta seated right, holding scepter and patera. RIC I 106; Calicó 571a. VF, underlying luster, shallow digs on obverse on neck and a scrape at 11 o’clock near edge, a few other minor marks. Rare.