Triton XVII, Lot: 733. Estimate $10000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.64 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. • L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P V • IMP II COS II, Victory standing right, draped from her waist down, holding stylus in right hand, with left supporting a shield inscribed VIC/ΛVG in two lines on a palm tree. RIC III 534; MIR 18, 106-12/37; Calicó 2179; Biaggi 962 var. (no drapery, same obv. die as 960); BMCRE 383. EF, attractive reddish toning.