Extremely Rare Otho Countermark

439, Lot: 250. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Æ (24mm, 13.02 g). Countermarks applied under Otho, AD 69, and Domitian, AD 83-96. (IMP) OTO and Athena standing right, holding spear and shield, both in rectangular countermarks on a bronze of Claudius from Antioch. Howgego 593 and 245. Host Fair, c/m’s VF, brown patina. Extremely rare.

From the Richard Baker Collection, purchased from Henrik Agndal, March 2003.

The collector notes that this is the hardest Otho countermark to acquire.