Gemini, LLC > Auction XIII | Auction date: 6 April 2017 |
Lot number: 158 | |
Lot description: Otho. AE 28, 11.75g (11h). Antioch, Year 117 = 69 AD. Obv: [IMP M OT] - HO - [CAE AVG] (counterclockwise from upper left) Head laureate right, dot in field behind. Rx: EΠI / MOYKIA / NOY AN / TIOXEΩ / N ET ZIP in five lines within circle in laurel wreath. McAlee 319 (Ex. Rare; from the same dies as McAlee's illustrated specimen). Cf. RPC 4316 (not specifying obverse legend direction). From the Jyrki Muona Collection. A larger denomination with the same reverse legend as the last lot, naming Vespasian's supporter Mucianus as governor of Syria; the rarer variant of this coin with counterclockwise obverse legend. Estimate: 2500 USD |