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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4722502, member: 19463"]Neither Galba nor Otho would have been familiar faces at Antioch. I find it interesting how recognizable Galba is here while Otho really looks like a modified Nero rather than what we see on his denarii. This is usual for his Eastern coins. My Antioch Otho tetradrachm probably would sell for a lot more if the portrait resembled the face and wig of the denarii. People want sets and most 12 Caesars set builders would rather have a low grade denarius than a silver coin four times the size of the other coins in their set. As a result, I got the tetradrachm to accompany my fourree denarius but doubt I will ever have a solid and well wigged Otho denarius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157126[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157124[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The coins I do not expect to have are the two I lact to complete my fourree set of the 12 Caesars. Too many people are now willing to pay way too much for the common fourree Caligulas and I have not seen many fourree Galba coins at any price near one I would pay. Solid but poor metal Western mint Galba denarii are not hard to find and probably fill the slot in low end collections where the fourree is used for the Caligula.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4722502, member: 19463"]Neither Galba nor Otho would have been familiar faces at Antioch. I find it interesting how recognizable Galba is here while Otho really looks like a modified Nero rather than what we see on his denarii. This is usual for his Eastern coins. My Antioch Otho tetradrachm probably would sell for a lot more if the portrait resembled the face and wig of the denarii. People want sets and most 12 Caesars set builders would rather have a low grade denarius than a silver coin four times the size of the other coins in their set. As a result, I got the tetradrachm to accompany my fourree denarius but doubt I will ever have a solid and well wigged Otho denarius. [ATTACH=full]1157126[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1157124[/ATTACH] The coins I do not expect to have are the two I lact to complete my fourree set of the 12 Caesars. Too many people are now willing to pay way too much for the common fourree Caligulas and I have not seen many fourree Galba coins at any price near one I would pay. Solid but poor metal Western mint Galba denarii are not hard to find and probably fill the slot in low end collections where the fourree is used for the Caligula.[/QUOTE]
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