Triton XIX, Lot: 584. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 6.83 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. • L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRM PΛRTH MΛX, laureate head right / TR P V IMP III COS II, Lucius Verus, in military dress, on horse galloping right, brandishing javelin in right hand; below horse, prostrate foeman on knees right, turning his face upwards. RIC III 545; MIR 18, 111-12/30; Calicó 2185 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 390 var. (same); Biaggi 965 var. (same). Good VF, lightly toned, underlying luster, a few shallow marks.