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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3060005, member: 10461&quot;]That&#039;s an awesome Otho, and no, they certainly <i>don&#039;t</i> come cheap! </p><p><br /></p><p>But think about it- you&#039;ve got a coin there from a very historically interesting period of civil war in the Roman Empire that took place 1,949 years ago ... issued by an emperor who ruled for only about three <i>months</i>. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always been fascinated by short reigns, and by Otho&#039;s in particular.</p><p><br /></p><p>I attempted to stay under $500 per coin in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/#post-2748513" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picture-repost-my-twelve-caesars-roman-collection-from-2011-2013.296895/#post-2748513">my old 12 Caesars collection</a>, which is a pretty challenging budgetary limitation for such a collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the Otho I had.&nbsp; Much more modest than yours, but I think it was a pretty handsome example for the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.ngccoin.com/boards/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/12%2520Caesars%2520Roman%2520Coin%2520Collection/TC08-Otho-062500-coinscape.jpg&amp;key=4686708452396b00523d72ae86d46059133978f67d3981829aeec0e2689efff6" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.ngccoin.com/boards/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/AncientRomanEmpire-AR-denarius-Otho-062500.jpg&amp;key=78363d92a01f5dd3d98eac50e601717d87701f2a1a67984c37b0fa735a1b583a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.ngccoin.com/boards/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/AncientRomanEmpire-AR-denarius-Otho-062500-slab.jpg&amp;key=4bdf5429f141f4612d5dd838049bde5f8035133dbb24612bf108b1f510623fca" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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