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Æ28 - Otho ΕΠΙ ΜΟΥΚΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΤ ΖΙΡ
| Issuer | Antioch on the Orontes |
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| Year | 69 |
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| Currency | Denarius (49 BC to AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ΜΟΥΚΙΑΝΟΥ·ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΤ·ΖΙΡ (Translation: On behalf of Gaius Licinius Mucianus · Antioch AD 69) |
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Otho's reign lasted 95 days. He died by suicide in April 69 AD after his forces were routed at the First Battle of Bedriacum, making any coinage struck in his name — particularly from the eastern provincial mints — exceptionally rare by simple arithmetic. This Antiochene bronze dates to the Year 117 of the Caesarean era (ΕΤ ΖΙΡ), issued under the legate Mucianus, who would soon play a pivotal role in delivering Syria's legions to Vespasian's cause during the same Year of the Four Emperors that made this coin possible in the first place.