Ancients
Lucius Verus, as Augustus (AD 161-169). AV aureus (20mm, 7.36 gm, 5h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, scuff Rome, February-December AD 165. L•VERVS AVG-ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head of Lucius Verus right / TR-P V-IMP III COS II, Lucius Verus on horseback rearing right, preparing to spear with right hand fallen enemy right below. RIC III (Marcus Aurelius) 545. Calicó 2185 (same obverse die). Crisply struck high relief die, lustrous surfaces.
Ex collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant (Roma Numismatics, Auction XXI, 24 March 2021), lot 643; Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 95 (6 October 2016), lot 294; Bolla Collection (A. Tkalec-Astarte S.A., 28 February 2007), lot 49; J. Schulman, Auction 226 (30 January 1956), lot 2083
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Estimate: 7000-9000 USD