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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 11070775, member: 101855"]I collect by Roman emperor, starting with Julius Caesar, who was actually a dictator, not an emperor. I maintain a notebook which contains information about each of the emperors with bullet points.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of sample pages for the emperor, Otho, who was in office for less than three months. Otho coins are scarce and expensive because his brief tenure, and he gets fewer "bullets" as a result.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1525387[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius of Otho Obverse IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P “Emperor Otho caesar augustus tribunician potestate (representative of the Roman people in the government)” Reverse: SECURITAS (Personification of security, confidence) standing left holding wreath and scepter</p><p><br /></p><p>Shown above is a denarius of Otho, minted between January 15 and March 8, 69. The reverse features Securitas standing left, holding a wreath and scepter. Weight—3.37 grams. Sear—2163</p><p><br /></p><p>· Marcus Salvius Otho was born in 32 AD from a family that had only recently come to social prominence. His grandfather had served in a Senate under Augustus, and Claudius gave his father patrician rank.</p><p><br /></p><p>· He was close friends with the Emperor Nero who was five years younger than Otho.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Nero was attracted to Otho’s wife, Poppaea. Nero posted Otho to govern Lusitania (Portugal and western Spain) apparently to get him out of the way so that Nero could have Otho’s wife to himself. Otho at 26 was quite young for such an assignment.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Nero continued his affair with Poppaea and eventually made her is second wife.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Poppaea died after Nero kicked her in the stomach while she was pregnant. This made Otho his enemy.</p><p><br /></p><p>· When Galba rose against Nero in 68, Otho was the first man to join his cause.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Galba overthrew Nero, but when Galba chose to pick Piso Licinianus as his son and successor, Otho was quite displeased.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Working with the praetorian officers and guardsmen, Otho had Galba and Licinianus assassinated on January 15, 69.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Otho became emperor at age 37. His short reign displayed moderation, but Aulus Vitellius, governor of lower Germany, arose as a rival emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Vitellius’ generals, Valens and Caecina moved south. Deciding not to wait for reinforcements, Otho ordered and attack.</p><p><br /></p><p>· At the First Battle of Bedriacum, Otho’s army was totally defeated. Otho’s praetorian guard wanted to continue the struggle, but Otho decided otherwise. He committed suicide on April 16 after a reign of only three months.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Otho issued only gold and silver coins during his short reign. They were what he needed to pay his soldiers. Previous emperors had issued enough copper coins to cover the need for them at the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 11070775, member: 101855"]I collect by Roman emperor, starting with Julius Caesar, who was actually a dictator, not an emperor. I maintain a notebook which contains information about each of the emperors with bullet points. Here are a couple of sample pages for the emperor, Otho, who was in office for less than three months. Otho coins are scarce and expensive because his brief tenure, and he gets fewer "bullets" as a result. [ATTACH=full]1525387[/ATTACH] Denarius of Otho Obverse IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P “Emperor Otho caesar augustus tribunician potestate (representative of the Roman people in the government)” Reverse: SECURITAS (Personification of security, confidence) standing left holding wreath and scepter Shown above is a denarius of Otho, minted between January 15 and March 8, 69. The reverse features Securitas standing left, holding a wreath and scepter. Weight—3.37 grams. Sear—2163 · Marcus Salvius Otho was born in 32 AD from a family that had only recently come to social prominence. His grandfather had served in a Senate under Augustus, and Claudius gave his father patrician rank. · He was close friends with the Emperor Nero who was five years younger than Otho. · Nero was attracted to Otho’s wife, Poppaea. Nero posted Otho to govern Lusitania (Portugal and western Spain) apparently to get him out of the way so that Nero could have Otho’s wife to himself. Otho at 26 was quite young for such an assignment. · Nero continued his affair with Poppaea and eventually made her is second wife. · Poppaea died after Nero kicked her in the stomach while she was pregnant. This made Otho his enemy. · When Galba rose against Nero in 68, Otho was the first man to join his cause. · Galba overthrew Nero, but when Galba chose to pick Piso Licinianus as his son and successor, Otho was quite displeased. · Working with the praetorian officers and guardsmen, Otho had Galba and Licinianus assassinated on January 15, 69. · Otho became emperor at age 37. His short reign displayed moderation, but Aulus Vitellius, governor of lower Germany, arose as a rival emperor. · Vitellius’ generals, Valens and Caecina moved south. Deciding not to wait for reinforcements, Otho ordered and attack. · At the First Battle of Bedriacum, Otho’s army was totally defeated. Otho’s praetorian guard wanted to continue the struggle, but Otho decided otherwise. He committed suicide on April 16 after a reign of only three months. · Otho issued only gold and silver coins during his short reign. They were what he needed to pay his soldiers. Previous emperors had issued enough copper coins to cover the need for them at the time.[/QUOTE]
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