Two Portrait Denarii of Lucius Vitellius

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1080. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $2970. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vitellius, with Vitellius the Elder. AD 69. AR Denarius (2.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Vitellius right / Laureate and draped bust of Lucius Vitellius right; eagle-tipped scepter before. RIC I 77; RSC 3a (Lucius Vitellius). Good VF, lightly toned, some smoothing and porosity. Rare.