445, Lot: 458. Estimate $4000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. • L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P IIII • IMP II COS II, Victory, half draped, standing right, placing shield on palm tree inscribed VIC/ ΛVG in two lines. RIC III 525 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 94-12/37; Calicó 2177 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 296, note (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 960 (same dies); Jameson 142 (same dies); Mazzini 247 (same dies). EF, lustrous, minor edge bend.