Three Denominations of Otho

CNG 109, Lot: 435. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Otho. AD 69. BI Tetradrachm (23.1mm, 12.87 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 69). Laureate head right; L A (date) below chin / Laureate, draped, and veiled bust right of Eirene, caduceus behind right shoulder. Köln 246; Dattari (Savio) 325; K&G 18.3; RPC I 5360; Emmett 183.1. VF, dark brown surfaces, flatly struck in areas.

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (December 1999).