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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PMONNEY, post: 2946143, member: 82829&quot;]Your denarius on the left looks as a forgery the one onthe right is probbly authentic.</p><p>Here are my two Othos, one in silver, the other in bronze. I would think that the silver portrait is more likely rom the Rome mint, while the bonze shows that the celator in Antioch had to figure out how Otho might look !</p><p><br /></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><b> OTHO. </b>Laureate head r. <b>“IMP M CAE O[THO CAE] AVG”. </b>Rev.: large “<b>SC” </b>in wreath. C.31, RPC.4320. Wruck 68. AE (29mm./15.11gr.), Seleucus &amp; Pieria, Mint: Antioch 69 AD. nVF. R. Black patina with earthen highlights.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]718560[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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