Otho. AD 69. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.58 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck 15 January–8 March. IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right / SECVRI TAS P R, Securitas, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left. RIC I 10; Muona Group 2, Type 9B; RSC 15; BMCRE 19; BN 11-13. Lightly toned, with underlying luster. EF. Well centered and struck on a broad flan. Exceptional as such.
From the collection of a London Novelist. Ex Gasvoda Collection (Part I, Numismatica Ars Classica 86, 8 October 2015), lot 150, purchased from Steve Rubinger; Numismatica Ars Classica 46 (2 April 2008), lot 521.