Live auction - brm_834604 - OTTO Denier
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| Estimate : | 1 400 € |
| Price : | 700 € |
| Maximum bid : | 700 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 July 2023 14:52:47 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier
Date: février - mars
Date: 69
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,20 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan court et centré, de forme irrégulière. Usure régulière, et quelques faiblesses, mais un portrait agréable d’Othon au droit. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP OTHO CAESAR. AVG TR P.
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Othon à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Otho Cæsar Augustus Tribunicia Potestate”, (L’empereur Othon césar Auguste, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVR-I-TAS P R.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Populus Romanus”, (La Sécurité du Peuple romain).
Historical background
OTTO
(15/01-17/04-69)
Born in 32, Othon is the friend of Néron and the husband of Poppée. Governor of Lusitania, he supports Galba. On January 10, 69, the latter adopted Lucius Calpurnius Piso instead of choosing Othon who was hoping for this adoption to reach the Empire. On January 15, Galba and Pison are massacred, Otho is proclaimed emperor. Vitellius was also proclaimed by the armies of Germania in January. The final bout takes place in Brédiac, Italy on April 17. Otto, defeated, commits suicide.
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