ROMAN. SELEUCIS AND PIERIA, Antioch. Otho. A.D. 69. Bronze As (7.14g). Gaius Licinius Mucianus, legatus Syriae. Dated Year 117 of the Caesarean era (A.D. 69). Laureate head right / Date in five lines within laurel wreath. McAlee 317; RPC I 4316. Attractive dark brown patina. gVF. A choice example for this very rare type. This bronze As proclaims Otho's fleeting authority in the East under the powerful legate Gaius Licinius Mucianus. The laureate portrait asserts the new emperor's legitimacy, while the distinctive five-line civic date within a laurel wreath anchors the issue firmly in the Caesarean era of Antioch, linking local chronology with imperial power. For the type see; Leu Auction 7, lot 1489, hammered USD 1,800. (P)

Estimate: AUD 2500