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ID:     730680
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Vitellius
Date Ruled:     AD 69
Metal:     Copper
Denomination:     As
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 69
Weight:     10.16 g
Obverse Legend:     A VITELLIVS_IMP GERMAN
Obverse Description:     Laureate head left, globe at point of neck
Reverse Legend:     FIDES / EXERCITVVM
Reverse Description:     Clasped hands
Exergue:     S C
Mint:     Spain Tarraco (?)
Primary Reference:     RIC 042 var
Reference2:     BMCRE 103 note
Reference3:     Cohen unlisted
Reference4:     BN unlisted
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=19345
Grade:     VF, brown patina, fields smoothed
Notes:     This variety, with no S C on the reverse, is quite common (about 25-30% of all RIC 42.