CNG 96, Lot: 812. Estimate $500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.20 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 166. Laureate head right / Victory standing right, 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; Banti 140. Good VF, brown patina, some green, details strengthened.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.11056.