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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7848795, member: 19463&quot;]I have no use for the idea of starting your collection with coins of rare emperors rather than more common ones but I do have a coin of each.&nbsp; Mine won&#039;t count in some circles since my two Otho&#039;s are a provincial tetradrachm of Antioch </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1351398[/ATTACH] </p><p>and a fourree denarius of improper style.&nbsp; I was told long ago that there were no fourrees of Otho.&nbsp; I have owned two and seen a half a dozen.&nbsp; This one is one of the finest examples of a foil style fourree with thick silver, significant core not involving the face and obvious seam where the foils overlapped obverse right.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1351381[/ATTACH]</p><p>I have no real idea of the accurate face of Otho but his Roman coins seem intent on showing a poorly styled wig.&nbsp; My other coin that seems appropriate is an early denarius of Vitellius with features rather more like Otho than those of Vitellius himself.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1351382[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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