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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4499576, member: 98035&quot;]Recent purchase of mine that I just got around to imaging, from Savoca London</p><p><br /></p><p>Otho</p><p>AE of Antioch, Syria</p><p>24mm, 8.01g</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: IMP M OTHO CAE AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev: SC within wreath</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115666[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is mostly jet black and glossy in hand, and sports one of the finest portraits of the short-lived emperor that can be found on coinage. Which does raise an interesting question - if Otho was only emperor from mid-January to mid-April and never set foot close to Antioch, I would wager that these coins were probably made from an old bust from when he was in Nero&#039;s entourage, before he was exiled to Lusitania and packed on the pounds!</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post anything related! I know a few members have these, so let&#039;s see the Otho&#039;s![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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