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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PMONNEY, post: 3209149, member: 82829&quot;][Here is my Otho. I got it because I liked the portrait. the reverse is below my usual standards !</p><p><b>OTHO. </b>Head bare r. <b>&quot;IM P M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P&quot;. </b>Rev.: Securitas standg.l. holding wreath and sceptre.&#039;<b>SECVRITAS PR</b>&#039;<b>. </b>RIC I 17, BMCRE 20, RSC I 1<b>7.. , </b>Rome: 15 Jan..- mid April 69. AR.D. (3.41 gr.) Choice.VF.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]832750[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Otho, I got it because of the portrait, the reverse is not up to</p><p>UOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 3207849, member: 21445&quot;]Congrats on the new Otho.</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%2525252Fs14.postimg.org%2525252Fqagt660xt%2525252Fothotet.jpg%252526hash%25253D36fecfb58f8d40f8cdc93b1c89436be8%2526hash%253D1d06bdb76959b660392b2766143bf2a8%26hash%3D9e7af9dfabcfc2cf166f3b1344ffd33e&amp;hash=1f8aceda851d9a51b168136763fd1da7" 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><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fs22.postimg.cc%2Fz37aiqhj5%2Fotho1.jpg&amp;hash=9984075602325bf5c94e76c1a6761e33" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Otho (69 A.D.)</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: ΑΥΤΟΚ ΜΑΡΚ ΟΘΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ, laureate head right; L A (date) to right.</p><p>R:ΡΩΜΗ, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma right, holding shield and spear.</p><p>13.4g</p><p>23mm</p><p>Dattari (Savio) 330; K&amp;G 18.9; RPC I 5362; Emmett 186.1[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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