Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.32 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. • L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P IIII IMP II COS II, REX ΛRMEN/ DΛT in two lines in exergue, Lucius Verus, in military dress, seated left on curule chair set on raised daïs; to left, a soldier, holding spear in right hand over right shoulder, looking left; on right, an officer standing left; in front of daïs to left, the Roman-appointed Armenian king, Sohaemus, standing left, raising right hand to head. RIC III 511 (Aurelius; same rev. die as illustration); MIR 18, 92-12/37; Calicó 2151; BMCRE 300-301 var. (bust type; Aurelius and Verus); Adda 340 var. (bust type; same rev. die); Biaggi 956 var. (bust type; same rev. die); Mazzini 157 v. (same rev. die). Traces of deposits, edge marks. EF. Click here for a video presentation on this collection.

From the Georges Albert Haikel Collection. Ex McLendon Collection (Christie’s, 12 June 1993), lot 150.


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