300, Lot: 227. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 30.48 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 166. Laureate head right / Victory standing facing, head right, left foot on helmet, holding palm branch and placing shield inscribed VIC/PAR in two lines on palm tree trunk. RIC III 1456 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 142-16/30 (Aurelius); Banti 141. Near VF, gray-brown patina, some red flecks, hairline flan crack.