FDC Lucius Verus REX ARMEN Aureus

CNG 97, Lot: 672. Estimate $30000. Sold for $37500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.25 g, 12h). Struck AD 164. L VERVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, bare head right / TR P IIII IMP II COS II, REX ARMEN/DAT in two lines in exergue, Verus seated left on curule chair set on raised daïs with attendant standing on either side; in front of daïs, the Roman-appointed Armenian king, Sohaemus, standing left, raising hand to head. RIC III 512 (Marcus); MIR 18, 92-12/10; Calicó 2154 (same dies as illustrated coin); BMCRE 302 note; Biaggi 956 (same dies). FDC, light cabinet tone. A superb example of an important historical coin.

From the Lexington Collection.