Sestertius. Paduans, Electrotypes and Copies. Sextilia (Mother of Aulus Vitellius). 16th-17th century. SEXTILIA TO VITELLII (MATER). Veiled head of Sextilia (mother of Aulus Vitellius) on the right. Hexastyle temple, in exergue SPQR; S C across the fields. Almost certainly tooled and smoothed over a sestertius of Mariniana in the 16th-17th century. Portrait probably inspired by Illustrium Imagines (Rome 1517), Epitome Thesauri Antiquitatum or Promptuaire des médaillés des plus renommées personnes (both Lyon 1553). This is probably the second known specimen! For this coinage, see J. Melville Jones, Sextilia Mother of Vitellius: An Imaginary Portrait, SM 68 (2018), pp. 35-37.. VF. Ae. 20,73.

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Sextilia (Mother of Aulus Vitellius). Sestertius. 16th-17th century. Anv.: SEXTILIA TO VITELLII (MATER). Veiled head of Sextilia (mother of Aulus Vitellius) on the right. Rev.: Hexastyle temple, in exergue SPQR; S C across the fields. Ae. 20,73 g. Almost certainly tooled and smoothed over a sestertius of Mariniana in the 16th-17th century. Portrait probably inspired by Illustrium Imagines (Rome 1517), "Epitome Thesauri Antiquitatum" or "Promptuaire des médaillés des plus renommées personnes" (both Lyon 1553). This is probably the second known specimen! For this coinage, see J. Melville Jones, Sextilia Mother of Vitellius: An Imaginary Portrait, SM 68 (2018), pp. 35-37.. VF. Est...400,00.

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Lot 887 - Paduans, Electrotypes and Copies

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