Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.18 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. • L • VERVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P IIII • IMP II COS II, Victory, half draped, standing right, placing shield on palm tree inscribed VIC/ΛVG in two lines. RIC III 525 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 94-12/37; Calicó 2177 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 296, note (Aurelius and Verus); Adda 344 (same dies); Biaggi 960 (same dies); Jameson 142 (same dies); Mazzini 247 v. and 247 v.* (same dies) . Lustrous. Superb EF.
From the Georges Albert Haikel Collection. Ex McLendon Collection (Christie’s, 12 June 1993), lot 151; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts [I], 20 March 1975), lot 367.
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