Triton XXII, Lot: 1117. Estimate $10000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.29 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 standing right, holding round shield inscribed VIC/ΛVG in two lines set on palm tree. RIC III 525 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 94-12/37; Calicó 2177 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 296 (Aurelius) note; Biaggi 960 (same dies). Superb EF, lustrous. Boldly struck.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 95 (6 October 2016), lot 291; Künker 100 (21 June 2005), lot 66.