Triton XIX, Lot: 509. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vitellius. AD 69. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.89 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa late April–20 December. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right / LIBERTAS RESTITVTA, Libertas, draped, standing right, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC I 104; Calicó 562a (same dies); BMCRE 30; BN 63-6; Biaggi 279. Good Fine, toned, marks typical of an ex-jewelry coin. Rare.

From the Dr. Wolfgang Krämer Collection. Ex G. Hirsch XLVIII (22 June 1966), lot 28.