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Ancient coins
Roman Empire
Marcus Salvius Otho, 69 AD, Aureus, Rome, January 15th - March 8th 69 AD, Calicó 524, RIC 3, C 2, 7.23 g.
Obverse: IMP. M OTHO CAESAR AVG. TR. P. Head of Otho, bare, right.
Reverse: PAX ORBIS TERRARVM. Pax standing left, holding olive branch and caduceus.
Good fine and rare.
Otho, who only ruled for three months, is maybe best known for comitting suicide in order to save Rome from a bloody civil war, and the Roman poet Martial wrote of him: "By all means let Cato in his life be greater than Caesar himself; In his death was he greater than Otho?"
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Provenance:
Ex. Sotheby's, London, October 1978, lot 121
Roman Empire
Marcus Salvius Otho, 69 AD, Aureus, Rome, January 15th - March 8th 69 AD, Calicó 524, RIC 3, C 2, 7.23 g.
Obverse: IMP. M OTHO CAESAR AVG. TR. P. Head of Otho, bare, right.
Reverse: PAX ORBIS TERRARVM. Pax standing left, holding olive branch and caduceus.
Good fine and rare.
Otho, who only ruled for three months, is maybe best known for comitting suicide in order to save Rome from a bloody civil war, and the Roman poet Martial wrote of him: "By all means let Cato in his life be greater than Caesar himself; In his death was he greater than Otho?"
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Provenance:
Ex. Sotheby's, London, October 1978, lot 121