Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1506. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Sestertius (22.21 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 166. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Victory standing facing, head right, holding palm frond and placing shield inscribed VIC/PAR in two lines on palm tree. RIC III 1457 (Aurelius) var. (no drapery); MIR 18, 142-16/32; Banti 142. VF, attractive apple-green patina, shallow scratch above head of Verus.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.