CNG 102, Lot: 1005. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Lucius Verus. Died AD 169. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.15 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 169. Bare head right / Eagle standing right on globe, head left. RIC III 1509 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 184-6/10 corr. (obv. legend); Banti 38. VF, attractive olive green patina. Rare.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Rainer Wilschke Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 84, Part II, 21 May 2015), lot 1921 (hammer 550 CHF); Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 72, 14 June 2006), lot 1555 (hammer $1230).