CNG 99, Lot: 662. Estimate $7500. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.03 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 167. L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRM PΛRTH MΛX, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P VII IMP IIII COS III, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC III 573 (Aurelius) var. (not draped); MIR 18, 149-12/37; Calicó 2197 (same dies); BMCRE 449 (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 970 (same dies). EF, minor marks.