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NYINC Signature Sale 3051 8-9 January 2017
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Otho (AD 69). AR denarius (17mm, 3.48 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF★ 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, January 15-March 9 AD 69. IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare, bewigged head of Otho right / VICTORIA OTHONIS, Victory advancing left, holding palm frond and wreath, small globe below. RIC 16. RSC 24. Rare! Full name and portrait.
Suetonius reports that the 90-day emperor Otho had a peculiar abhorrence for bodily hair and depilated every part of his body, including his head. To cover his baldness, he then wore a carefully made wig. In his coin portraits (including this one) he sports a suspiciously helmet-like head of hair, almost certainly his famous wig.
Estimate: 2000-2400 USD
Otho (AD 69). AR denarius (17mm, 3.48 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF★ 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, January 15-March 9 AD 69. IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare, bewigged head of Otho right / VICTORIA OTHONIS, Victory advancing left, holding palm frond and wreath, small globe below. RIC 16. RSC 24. Rare! Full name and portrait.
Suetonius reports that the 90-day emperor Otho had a peculiar abhorrence for bodily hair and depilated every part of his body, including his head. To cover his baldness, he then wore a carefully made wig. In his coin portraits (including this one) he sports a suspiciously helmet-like head of hair, almost certainly his famous wig.
Estimate: 2000-2400 USD