Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 165. L VERVS ΛVG ARMENIΛCVS, laureate and cuirassed bust right / TR P V IMP II COS II, Roma, helmeted and in military dress, advancing left, holding Victory in right hand and trophy in left. RIC III 537 (Aurelius) var. (bust type); MIR 18, 103-14/35; RSC 270 var. (same); BMCRE 381-2 (Aurelius and Verus) var. (same). Attractive iridescent tone. EF. Struck from fresh dies. Very rare with this bust type. Only one other example in CoinArchives.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 100 (29 May 2017), lot 1919.
