★ An exceptional dupondius of Lucius Verus ★

Lucius Verus, 161-169. Dupondius (Orichalcum, 27 mm, 13.35 g, 12 h), Rome, 161. IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG Radiate head of Lucius Verus to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P / S - C // COS II Marcus Aurelius, togate, on the left, and Lucius Verus, togate, on the right, standing facing each other and clasping their right hands, each holding a scroll in his left hand. BMC 867. Cohen 34. MIR 16-18/52. RIC 1292. An exceptional piece, with a noble portrait of fine style and a particularly sharp reverse. Minor smoothing and with light adjustment marks on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

Ex Leu 13, 27 May 2023, 293 and from the Aes Augustorum Collection, formed since the late 1990s.