Roman Empire Lucius Verus AD 163-164 Æ Sestertius Good Very Fine; smoothed and tooled
Good Very Fine; smoothed and tooled | ROMAN EMPIRE. Lucius Verus.
Bronze sestertius, AD 163-164. Rome.
Obv: L AVREL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate head right. Rev: TR P IIII IMP II COS II, Verus, in military dress, seated left on curule chair, set on low platform; behind him on platform, two soldiers; before him on platform, officer standing right, holding rod; on ground before platform, King Sohaemus of Aremina, raising right hand to his head; S-C across fields, REX ARMEN DAT in exergue.
Good Very Fine; smoothed and tooled.
Reference: RIC III-1370 (Marcus Aurelius); BMCRE-1102.
Rarity: Scarce.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from David Miller, December 2018; ex Nomos AG, obolos 8 (2/12/2017), lot 633; ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 241 (10/10/2016), lot 2329.
Die Axis: 12h.
Diameter: 32 mm.
Weight: 23.26 g.
Composition: Bronze.
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Price realized | 200 GBP |
Starting price | 125 GBP |
Estimate | 350 GBP |