88, Lot: 112. Estimate $200. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. Lucius Verus. 161-169 AD. Æ 38mm (31.07 gm). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind / B NEOKO PRW ACIAC, EFECIWN in exergue, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing, vis-à-vis, before facing cult statue of Diana Ephesia. BMC Ionia pg, 81, 247 var. (reverse legend); cf. SNG Copenhagen 405 (Nike inscribing shield); cf. SNG von Aulock 1841 (Marcus Aurelius). Fine, green patina, rough.