Watch List notes:

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.24 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, half draped, standing right, placing shield on palm tree inscribed VIC/ΛVG in two lines. RIC III 525 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 94-12/37; Calicó 2177 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 296, note (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 960 (same dies); Jameson 142 (same dies); Mazzini 247 v. and 247 v.* (same dies) . Lustrous. Superb EF. Bold strike in high relief. A gorgeous coin.


From the Provence Collection. Ex Mme K. Collection (Florange & Ciani 8, 10 February 1923), lot 167; E. Bourgey (14 December 1922), lot 33.