342, Lot: 537. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.26 g, 1h). Contemporary imitation of a Rome mint issue. Struck late 1st-mid 2nd centuries AD. Retrograde IMP M OTHO CΛSR ΛVC, head left / Retrograde VICT[O] PIΛ OTHONIS, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. For prototype, cf. RIC I 14; cf. RSC 27. Good VF, find patina with traces of deposits.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Künker 35 (11 March 1997), lot 20.