7 BC., Augustus, Rome mint, moneyer M. Salvius Otho, triumvir monetalis, As, RIC 432 var.
Augustus, Rome mint, issued by moneyer M. Salvius Otho, triumvir monetalis, struck 7 BC., countermaked 14-16 AD.,
As (ø 23-24 mm / 6,05 g), copper, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 170°), weight and diameter loss by corrosion,
Obv.: [CAESAR AVGVST PONT MAX TRIBVNIC POT] , his bare head facing left; in head, countermark {CAESAR} (all letters ligate) within rectangular incuse.
Rev.: [M SALVI]VS OTHO III V[IR AAA FF] / S·C , legend around large S·C.
RIC I, p. 75, no. 432 var. (type common) ; BMC 233 var. ; CBN I, p. 127, nos. 704-708 var. ; Coh. 516 var. .
For countermark: cf. Werz 61.85 – 61.87 .