Triton XVI, Lot: 1094. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 25.93 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 163. IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / FELIC AVG TR P III, COS II in exergue, S C across field, quinquereme with six oarsmen left; on prow, Victory, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling palm frond in left arm, standing left, and vexillum; hortator and two signa at stern. RIC III 1333 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 50-16/35; Banti 60 (this coin referenced and illustrated); BMCRE 1052. Good VF, olive green patina. Struck on a broad flan. Extremely rare.

Ex Levis Collection (Ars Classica XI, 18 June 1925), lot 639.