Watch List notes:

Lucius Verus, 161-169. Aureus (Gold, 19mm, 7.20 g 12), Rome, 163-164. L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS Laureate and cuirassed bust of Lucius Verus to right, seen from behind. Rev. TR P IIII IMP II COS II Hercules, nude but for his lion's skin headdress, standing facing, his head turned to right, holding an olive branch in his right hand and his club in his left. BMC 281. Calicó 2172. Cohen 237. RIC 517. An attractive, evenly worn coin, nicely toned. Good very fine.


From a Swiss collection, ex UBS 62, 25 January 2005, 140.