Very Rare

5677372.

SOLD $92750

Otho. AD 69. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.24 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January-8 March. IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right / VICTORIΛ OTHONIS, Victory, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC I 15; Muona Group 1, Type 2, Portrait A; Calicó 535; BMCRE 23, pl. 60, 13 (same dies); BN 20. Attractive reddish tone, small banker’s mark on obverse, a few marks and scratches, die break on reverse, edge marks. Good VF. Very rare. Pleasant portrait.

Ex MACM inventory MMoCA39C; Numismatica Ars Classica 52 (7 October 2009), lot 364.