CNG 85, Lot: 76. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.12 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 5 (AD 164/5). Λ AVPHΛI OVHPOC CЄB, laureate head right, with slight drapery on far shoulder / APMЄ NIA, Armenia seated right in attitude of mourning, head left; trophy behind; L-Є (date) across inner field. Köln 2163 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 9434 var. (no drapery); K&G 39.107 var. (same). VF, brown surfaces. Extremely rare variety.

From the R.A. Collection. Ex Araratian Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5 December 1995), lot 676.