Ex Hansen and Canovas Collections

CNG 100, Lot: 1903. Estimate $7500. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 25.13 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 161. IMP CΛES L ΛVREL VERVS ΛVG, laureate head right / CONCORD ΛVGVSTOR TR P, COS II in exergue, Marcus Aurelius standing right, holding volumen and Lucius Verus standing left, vis-à-vis, clasping right hands, S C across field. RIC III 1284 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 16-16/30; Banti 21; BMCRE 859. EF, hard, dark green and brown patina, some red, a pair of hairline flan cracks. An exceptional example. Struck in high relief.

Ex Ronald J. Hansen Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 94, 18 September 2013), lot 1043; Noble 79 (26 July 2005), lot 3633; Noble 46 (16 November 1994), lot 2022 (one of the cover coins); Manuel Canovas Collection (Vinchon, 18 May 1994), lot 65.