382, Lot: 652. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANCIENT THEMES. Vitellius. AD 69. Æ “Sestertius” (33mm, 20.03 g, 6h). ‘Paduan’ type. Later cast after Giovanni da Cavino. • A • VITELLIUS GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M • TR • P, laureate and draped bust right / HONOS ET VIRTVS, Honos, holding long scepter and cornucopia, and Virtus, holding parazonium and spear, standing facing one another. Johnson & Martini 1513-27; Klawans 2. Good VF, brown patina. Attractive early cast.

Ex Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 318, 15 January 2014), lot 1133; Classical Numismatic Group 38 (6 June 1996), lot 1832.