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Æ25 - Otho S C
| Issuer | Antioch on the Orontes (Syria) |
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| Year | 69 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP M OTHO CAE AVG (Translation: Emperor Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus) |
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| Reverse lettering | S C (Translation: by decree of the senate) |
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Otho's reign lasted 95 days. His coinage from Antioch is among the scarcest of any first-century imperial issue by simple virtue of that window — the Syrian mint had barely begun production before news of Bedriacum arrived and Otho took his own life in April 69 AD, ending what contemporaries described as a surprisingly dignified death for a man whose reputation had been anything but.