Commemorating Verus’ Victory Against the Parthians in Armenia

359, Lot: 204. Estimate $250. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 13.03 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 164/5). Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / APMЄ-NIA, trophy with captive seated right, head left, at its base; shield(?) and two spears in exergue; L Є (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 39.109 corr. (obv. bust type is correct in illustration); Emmett 2362.5. VF, dark gray-brown surfaces.

From the Hermanubis Collection.