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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 3252814, member: 21445&quot;]Since I missed a few emperors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Otho</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fs14.postimg.org%252525252Fqagt660xt%252525252Fothotet.jpg%25252526hash%2525253D36fecfb58f8d40f8cdc93b1c89436be8%252526hash%25253D1d06bdb76959b660392b2766143bf2a8%2526hash%253D9e7af9dfabcfc2cf166f3b1344ffd33e%26hash%3D1f8aceda851d9a51b168136763fd1da7&amp;hash=85881a66ba33dede2db7a7e609890cbc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Otho (69 A.D.)</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: AYTOK MAPK OΘΩNOΣ KAIΣ ΣEB, laureate head right, LA (year 1) lower right.</p><p>R: EΛEY-ΘEPIA, Eleutheria (Liberty) standing left, wreath in extended right hand, scepter in left hand, leaning with left elbow on column, simpulum (ladle used for tasting and pouring sacrificial libations) left in lower left field.</p><p>12.58g</p><p>24.4mm</p><p>Milne 359; RPC I 5354 (5 spec.); Dattari 327; BMC Alexandria p. 25, 208; Curtis 238; Kampmann 18.6; Emmett 184</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This variety with a simpulum on the reverse is much rarer than the same type without this control symbol. RPC reports only 5 specimens with the simpulum and 17 specimens without it. This variety is missing from the important collections in Cologne, Paris, and Milan, and we know of only one example offered at auction in the past two decades (CNG 76, 12 Sep 2007, lot 3152, VF, $430 plus fees).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>vitellius</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252525252Fproxy.php%2525252525253Fimage%2525252525253Dhttps%252525252525253A%252525252525252F%252525252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252525252Fproxy.php%252525252525253Fimage%252525252525253Dhttp%25252525252525253A%25252525252525252F%25252525252525252Fs28.postimg.org%25252525252525252Fnqurh3opp%25252525252525252Fvitel.jpg%2525252525252526hash%252525252525253Df7c0cefd5abebfc71c75d2d8bd840c5a%25252525252526hash%2525252525253Da6b5de270660f467dbd18e4e5cdb00ec%252525252526hash%25252525253D469c9b2daf60033284d243b39026ed4b%2525252526hash%252525253D4de05f9e730d986e32e37008e9c9a6da%25252526hash%2525253D5a03fb47012688c4767a4691fecc03a5%252526hash%25253Db1e990b8795bade16a689c0ca9fabd48%2526hash%253D611a46a6eb95ace2857a82215e7fd640%26hash%3D43b6144819a494c34257fd370d230669&amp;hash=c3eee41ef2e6a697838bec9ef16fd526" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Vitellius (69 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: A VITELLIVS GERMAN IMP TR P, Laureate head right.</p><p>R: S P Q R / OB / C S in three lines within wreath.</p><p>Rome Mint, 69 A.D.</p><p>3g</p><p>18.5mm</p><p>RIC I 83; RSC 86</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F8PKCHmmS%2Fvesvic.jpg&amp;hash=4eabf610b09284f0631534cfc949a8fd" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Vespasian (69 - 79 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head right.</p><p>R: VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory advancing right, holding palm and crowning standard with wreath.</p><p>Rome Mint (72-73 A.D.)</p><p>3.45g</p><p>19mm</p><p>RIC 362 (C2), BMCRE 74, RSC 618</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252525252Fproxy.php%2525252525253Fimage%2525252525253Dhttp%252525252525253A%252525252525252F%252525252525252Fs21.postimg.org%252525252525252Fhjverh32f%252525252525252Ftitus.jpg%25252525252526hash%2525252525253D3bc2ace8dae6c9a15eecdbc6cb1bd93d%252525252526hash%25252525253D8f81ed3bb458dc2f1967a20e39c0a475%2525252526hash%252525253D7928199cc8a2b4f93a44adb005d6f952%25252526hash%2525253D91549b515298efc60281e111e6cb4fc5%252526hash%25253D4c5160c308b53239795896ea6ab41419%2526hash%253Da7089a369cb419964e542f4b48b7f49d%26hash%3D0b46848b566a44c43994eb23e18abb18&amp;hash=b5fffca9145317fc6cf0bbae64462256" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Titus (79 - 81 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M•, laureate head right.</p><p>R: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, facing empty throne of a deity (pulvinar) with a triangular back, back ornamented with uncertain objects and a cross at the peak, seat draped with a fringed cover.</p><p>Rome Mint, 80 A.D.</p><p>3.34g</p><p>17.8mm</p><p>RIC II, part 1, 124; RSC II 313a; BMCRE II 61; BnF III 50; SRCV I 2515</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fs33.postimg.cc%25252Fum1629tbz%25252Fdomtet.jpg%2526hash%253D854ebce87f1ea8c48b280c7cb4d940fb%26hash%3Dcafa8accaabbc1b3dd839b475415acf8&amp;hash=30a8bdaec4087c6577baa7b47f3d18dc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Domitian (81 - 96 A.D.)</p><p>SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>O: AVT KAISAR DOMITIANOS SEB GERM, laureate head right; aegis at point of bust.</p><p>R: ETOUS NEOV IEROV H, eagle standing facing right on thunderbolt; palm in right field. RY 8 (88/9 AD)</p><p>14.77g</p><p>26mm</p><p>Prieur 145; RPC II 1978; Wruck 108[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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