Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. L • VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right / TR P V IMP III COS II, Lucius Verus, wearing military attire and paludamentum billowing behind him, on horseback galloping right, trampling and thrusting spear held in right hand at fallen enemy to lower right, who kneels right, head left, right arm outstretched. RIC III 545; MIR 18, 111-12/30; Calicó 2185 (same obv. die); BMCRE 390 var. (obv. legend break); Biaggi 965 (same obv. die). Toned with some luster. Good VF. A wonderful example.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 135 (21 November 2022), lot 310.
