CNG 85, Lot: 77. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan – Lucius Verus. Early-mid 2nd century AD. Lot of Five (5) AR Denarii and Æ Sestertii. Includes: (a) Æ Sestertius. Trajan. Laureate and draped bust right / Trajan standing right between Armenia, Tigris, and Euphrates. RIC II 642 var. (river gods with reeds) // (b) Æ Sestertius. Antoninus Pius. Laureate head right / Antoninus Pius standing left, crowning Armenian king (Sohemo?). RIC III 619 // (c) AR Denarius. Marcus Aurelius. Laureate head right / Mars standing right, holding reversed spear and round shield set on ground. RSC 469 // (d) As last, but obv. bare head right. RSC 472 corr. (Mars not Abundantia) // (e) Æ Sestertius. Lucius Verus. Laureate head right / Lucius Verus seated left on curule chair set on platform; two soldiers and officer around; to lower left, Sohaemus standing left, raising hand to head. RIC III 1370. Fine-near VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six (6) coins in lot.

From the R.A. Collection. Coin (b) ex Araratian Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5 December 1995), lot 670.