329, Lot: 462. Estimate $100. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.61 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 163. Laureate head right / Quinquereme with five oarsmen left, hortator and two signa at stern. RIC III 1325 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 50-16/30; Banti 57 var. (with aegis). VF, earthen green-brown patina, minor roughness.
From the Fairfield Collection.