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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2736855, member: 10461&quot;]Here&#039;s an As of Augustus, struck circa 7 BC under moneyer Marcus Salvius Otho.&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; The same name as the ill-fated emperor of 76 years later.&nbsp; Surely that&#039;s no coincidence?&nbsp; Is the official named on this coin of Augustus a relative of the later emperor Otho- his grandfather, perhaps?&nbsp; I&#039;ve long wondered about that.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://rs88.pbsrc.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/12%20Caesars%20Roman%20Coin%20Collection/TC02-Augustus-012500-coin.jpg?w=480&amp;h=480&amp;fit=clip" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or maybe the Marcus Salvius Otho who struck this coin in 7 BC is the <i>very same</i> Marcus Salvius Otho who later became emperor for a few months in 69 AD.&nbsp; Yeah, OK, so he was <i>really</i> old, but he didn&#039;t look it, see, because <i>he was a vampire</i>, and... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh- and note the prominent mintmark in the center of the reverse, which clearly indicates the Romans had a mint in South Carolina.&nbsp; Or Santa Cruz.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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