Wonderful Otho Portrait
449, Lot: 562. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.39 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January–8 March. Bare head right / Pax standing left, holding olive branch and caduceus. Cf. RIC I 5 (Aureus); RSC 4a. Attractive, old cabinet tone, a few marks under tone, small cut on edge. VF. Rare. Wonderful portrait.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 318 (15 January 2014), lot 628 (hammer $1600).