Impressive Verus Sestertius

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1795. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $3100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.43 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 163. Bare-headed bust right, slight drapery / Quinquereme with five oarsmen left, hortator and two signa at stern. RIC III 1326 (Aurelius) var. (bust type); MIR 18, 50-16/12; Banti 52 var. (same). Good VF, green patina, light smoothing. Impressive.