brm_1043624 - OTTO Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: mars - avril
Date: 69
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,36 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan court et très légèrement décentré au revers. Agréable portrait d’Othon malgré l’usure, bien reconnaissable. Patine grise
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 : PONT - MAX.
Reverse description : Cérès debout à gauche drapée, tenant un pavot entre deux épis de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus”, (Grand pontife).
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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