Mazzini Plate Coin

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1047. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AR Denarius (3.48 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. Laureate head right / Parthian captive seated right, hands bound behind back; at feet, quiver, bow, and shield. RIC III 540; MIR 18, 112-14/30; RSC 273; Mazzini 273 (this coin). Choice EF, toned, deposts. Bold details on both sides.

Ex Forestier (8 June 2007), lot 108; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection, 273.