CNG 102, Lot: 1001. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.20 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 162-163. IMP CΛES L VERVS ΛVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / SΛLVTI ΛVGVSTOR TR P III, COS II in exergue, Salus standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled around and rising from altar, and holding scepter with left hand. RIC III 494 var. (obv. type); MIR 18, 54-12/35 var. (same); Calicó 2162 var. (same); BMCRE 232 var. (same); Biaggi –. Good VF, underlying luster.