CNG 111, Lot: 732. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (17.6mm, 6.56 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. L VERVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P V IMP II COS II, Roma, helmeted, in military dress, advancing left, holding up Victory in right hand and trophy cradled in left arm. RIC III 535 (Aurelius) corr. (rev. legend); MIR 18, 103-12/37; Calicó 2181 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 379 (Aurelius and Verus; same rev. die); Biaggi 963 (same dies); Jameson –; Mazzini 268 (same dies). Good VF, compact flan. Rare.