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<p>[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 2647719, member: 13719"]Well I was planning on taking my time, and wait for the right coin and right price. It hadn't even been 2 weeks since I got #10 of my 12 Caesars when this popped up. It's the most I've paid for a coin and had to tighten my belt a bit, but got a great price I think. In hand it has a nice dark tone and it's very smooth; quite different than my Nero tet. It belonged to John Casey, whom I was unaware of until the purchase. He wrote several books on ancient coins and archaeology as well as some related articles. I'd be curious to see if anyone here has anything by Casey and can give an opinion on his work, and maybe let me know if my coin was ever featured in any <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]585149[/ATTACH] </p><p>Otho Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria . YEAR 1</p><p>C. 69 AD</p><p>13.44g</p><p>25mm</p><p>obv. Otho laureate head right, LA before / rev. bust of Alexandria right in elephant skin headdress. RPC 5358. Dattari 324</p><p>Grey tone with good metal and detail. SCARCE</p><p>Ex John Casey Collection</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to share you coins of Otho as well ^_^[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 2647719, member: 13719"]Well I was planning on taking my time, and wait for the right coin and right price. It hadn't even been 2 weeks since I got #10 of my 12 Caesars when this popped up. It's the most I've paid for a coin and had to tighten my belt a bit, but got a great price I think. In hand it has a nice dark tone and it's very smooth; quite different than my Nero tet. It belonged to John Casey, whom I was unaware of until the purchase. He wrote several books on ancient coins and archaeology as well as some related articles. I'd be curious to see if anyone here has anything by Casey and can give an opinion on his work, and maybe let me know if my coin was ever featured in any :D [ATTACH=full]585149[/ATTACH] Otho Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria . YEAR 1 C. 69 AD 13.44g 25mm obv. Otho laureate head right, LA before / rev. bust of Alexandria right in elephant skin headdress. RPC 5358. Dattari 324 Grey tone with good metal and detail. SCARCE Ex John Casey Collection Please feel free to share you coins of Otho as well ^_^[/QUOTE]
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