In my last post I said that I had obtained a suspicious looking Otho denarius. I also said that I was sending it away to be authenticated. I chose to send the coin to David R. Sear because he has a very good reputation in regards to ancient coins and offers an authenticating service. 

After examining the coin he declares that it is authentic but that the surfaces indicate a “clumsy attempt to remove a heavy layer of corrosion.”  Some of the cleaning damage is visible from the photo.  This coin then finishes my collection of the Twelve Caesars.  The Otho coin is usually the last one collected because he was only in power for a very short time and therefore there were less of his coins minted.

Ruler: Otho
Demonination: Denarius
Date: 69 AD
Obverse: Otho r.
Reverse: Securutas
Reference: Sear 2163