Struck from Aureus Dies

988901.

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Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.02 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January-9 March AD 69. IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, draped bust right / SECVRI TAS P R, Securitas standing left, holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left. RIC I 8; BMCRE 17-9 var. (bust type); cf. BN 6 (aureus, same dies); cf. Calicó 532 (same); cf. Biaggi 272 (same); RSC 15 var. (bust type). VF, toned, thin flan crack. Exceptional portrait. Struck from dies initially used for an issue of aurei.