322, Lot: 484. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Uncertain mint (Edessa?). Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AR Drachm (19mm, 2.33 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 165. AVT K M AVP OVHPOC CЄ[B], laureate head right / VΠEP NIKHC TΩN KVPIΩN CЄBΛC(των) (
on behalf of the victory of the lords Augusti), Female figure standing left, holding globe or apple and cornucopia. Cf. RPC Online temp. no. 8028 (for rev. type [legend ends CЄB]); BMC pp. xcviii-xcix (for series); otherwise unpublished. VF, small die break in reverse legend. Apparently unique.