Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 988. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (3.51 g, 7h). Rome mint. Bare head right / Pax standing left, holding branch and caduceus. RIC I 6 var. (head left); RSC 4a. EF. Bold portrait. Rare.

From a Gentleman’s Collection.

Although the beginning of the obverse legend is off the flan, the attribution is confirmed by a die match to a specimen in a private collection.