Watch List notes:

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.28 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. • L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, bare head right / TR P IIII IMP II COS II, REX ΛRMEN/ DΛT in two lines in exergue, Lucius Verus, in military dress, seated left on curule chair set on raised daïs with attendant standing on either side; in front of daïs, the Roman-appointed Armenian king, Sohaemus, standing left, raising right hand to head. RIC III 512 (Marcus); MIR 18, 92-12/10; Calicó 2154 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 300; Biaggi 956 (same dies); Jameson 143 (same dies); Mazzini 158 (same dies). A few minor marks. Near EF.


From the San Vicente Collection.