Rare First Year Issue for Verus

354, Lot: 457. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Drachm (31mm, 23.65 g, 12h). Dated RY 1 (AD 161). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄIPH NH, Eirene seated left, holding patera [above low altar], her left elbow leaning on statuette; cornucopia at side of throne; [L] A (date) across field. Köln 2128 var. (without altar); Dattari (Savio) 3714-5; K&G 39.11; Emmett 2380.1 (R4). VF, red-brown patina with touches of green, some roughness.