Triton XXI, Lot: 728. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January–8 March. IMP OTHO CΛESΛR ΛVG TR P, bare head right / SECV RI TΛS P R, Securitas, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC I 10; RSC 15; BMCRE 19; BN 11-13. Near EF, toned, a few metal flaws under tone, small scratch on obverse.

From the Dr. Allan Smith Collection. Ex estate of Dr. Robert B. Beckett, Jr. (Classical Numismatic Group 105, 10 May 2017), lot 839; Superior (3 December 1999), lot 1732; Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack’s, 1 May 1980), lot 277.