Triton XVIII, Lot: 1042. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Vitellius. AD 69. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 24.88 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa late April-20 December AD 69. A • VITELLIVS • GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M TR • P •, laureate and draped bust right / PAX AVGVSTI, S C across field, Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive branch in outstretched right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC I 118; BMCRE p. 377, †; BN 93 (same obv. die). Near VF, brown surfaces, some green, hairline flan crack, reverse has been filled and smoothed.
From the RAM Collection, purchased from George Beach, February 1989.