[Home, My eBay, Site Map, Sign In/Out] [eBay logo] [Main Navigation] [Browse Sub-Navigation] CNG - Vitellius. Denarius. VF/Fine Item #312609921 Coins & Stamps:Coins: World:Ancient:Roman: Imperial [Image] Bidding is closed for this item. [Image] [Show description]Currently $131.50 First bid $1.00 Quantity 1 # of bids 10 (bid history) [Leave feedback] (with emails) (to seller) Time left Auction has Location PA (to bidder) ended. Country United States If you are the Started Apr-19-00 [envelope] (mail this auction seller or the 07:50:10 PDT to a friend) high bidder - Apr-26-00 [Gift Alert] (request a gift now what? Ends 07:50:10 PDT alert) [Image] Seller (Rating) cngcoins (603) [star] [about me] (view comments in seller's Feedback Profile) (view seller's other auctions) (ask seller a question) [Image] High bid gabriellop (3) [Image] Payment See item description for payment methods accepted Shipping Seller ships internationally (worldwide), See item description for shipping charges [Image] Relist Seller: Didn't sell your item the first time? item eBay will refund your relisting fee if it sells the second time around. Relist this item. Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Auction currency is U.S. dollars ($) unless otherwise noted. Description *** Be sure to check CNG's website for recent additions to our inventory *** [Image] Vitellius. 69 AD. AR Denarius (2.60 gm). A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head of Vitellius right / LIBERTAS RESTITVTA, Libertas standing facing, head right, holding pileus and long sceptre. RIC I 105; BMCRE 31; RSC 47. VF/Fine, reverse corrossion along edge. 200097 Aulus Vitellius was the son of Lucius Vitellius, a well-fed Senator who attained a reputation as a sycophant of the emperor Claudius. Aulus inherited his father's appetites and then some--his youth was spent stuffing his face with every imaginable delicacy and running up exorbitant gambling debts. By the time Galba appointed him governor of Lower Germany, he'd exhausted his inheritance and was deeply in hock. The legions of Germania Inferior, in a rebellious mood since the skinflint Galba had refused to pay them the customary donative, hailed Vitellius as emperor. He accepted the purple, and received the support of influential moneylenders in Rome--the only chance they stood of getting their money back lay in placing the public treasury at Vitellius' disposal. The German legions marched on Rome, defeating Galba's murderer and successor Otho at the first Battle of Cremona on April 15, 69 AD. Otho committed suicide a day later, and Rome had a new emperor, the fourth in ten months. Vitellius treated his accession as an excuse to throw one long banquet, spending the equivalent of $2 billion on lavish entertainments over the next seven months. Even word that Vespasian, commander of three legions in Judaea, had been proclaimed emperor by his troops failed to interrupt the party. By acting decisively, Vitellius may have quelled the revolt; instead, the whole east declared for Vespasian, and the Danubian legions staged a lightning invasion of Italy which caught the Vitellians completely off guard. Vitellius dithered as the enemy approached, at one point abdicating the throne in return for a guarantee of his and his family's safety. Unfortunately, his supporters forced him to retract the offer. Vespasian's legions easily fought their way into Rome, and Vitellius was found alone in the palace, whimpering that none of what had happened had been his fault. The soldiers dragged him through the streets, butchered him, and dumped his bloated carcass into the Tiber. It took Vespasian a decade of stringent, economical rule to repair the damage done by Vitellius and the other short-lived rulers of Rome's infamous Long Year. Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed - 14 day return privilege for any reason. CNG accepts for payment: check, money order or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express). The manner of payment accepted is subject to our qualification of the bidder. CNG's Domestic, Canadian, and International postage rates. 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