Triton XXI, Lot: 777. Estimate $10000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P IIII • IMP II COS II, Victory, half draped, standing right, placing shield on palm tree inscribed VIC/ΛVG in two lines. RIC III 525 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 94-12/37; Calicó 2177 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 296, note (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 960 (same dies). Superb EF, lustrous.