Triton XXII, Lot: 1039. Estimate $7500. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Otho. AD 69. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January–8 March. IMP M OTHO CΛESΛR AVG TR P, bare head right / PAX ORB IS T ERRARVM, Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive branch in right hand and cradling caduceus in left arm. RIC I 3 var. (break in rev. legend); Muona Group 1, Type 5A; Calicó 524 var. (same); BMCRE 1-2 var. (same); BN 2 var. (same); Biaggi 270 var. (same). Near VF, a few marks. Well centered.

From the Heath Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 103 (8 December 2004), lot 153; Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 1664.