Triton XXII, Lot: 1041. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January–8 March. IMP M OTHO CΛESAR ΛVG TR P, bare head right / SECV RI TΛS P R, Securitas, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and cradling scepter in left. RIC I 8; Muona Group 1, Type 4B; RSC 17; BMCRE 18; BN 10. EF, toned, minor flatness of strike on reverse.

From the William Whetstone Collection.