Triton XX, Lot: 765. Estimate $15000. Sold for $19000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. • L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, bare head right / TR P IIII • IMP II COS II, Victory, winged, naked to waist, standing right, setting round shield inscribed VIC/ΛVG in two lines on palm tree. RIC III 522 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 94-12/10 (same obv. die as illustration); Calicó 2174 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 294 (same dies); Biaggi 961 (same dies). Superb EF, toned, luster, a few minor marks.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Leu 71 (24 October 1997), lot 416.