Sale: Triton X, Lot: 649. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Sestertius (27.40 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 167. L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right / TR POT VII IMP III COS III, S C across field, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling palm frond in left arm. RIC III 1461 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 151-16/30; Banti 144; BMCRE 1324; Cohen 209. Good VF, even dark green-brown patina with spots of red, hints of metal showing through on high points. Attractive portrait.