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Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 29.23 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 166. L VERVS ΛVG ΛRM PΛRTH MΛX, laureate head right / TR POT VI IMP IIII COS II, S C low across field, Victory, winged, naked to waist, standing right, holding palm frond in right hand and resting left hand on round shield, inscribed VIC/ PΛR set on trunk of palm tree to right. RIC III 1456 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 142-16/30; Banti 140; BMCRE 1308. Beautiful glossy green patina. EF. A bold and expressive portrait struck with an artistic die in high relief.


Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 40 (16 May 2007), lot 742.