★ A Stellar Example ★

Roman Empire Lucius Verus AD 163-164 Æ Sestertius Good Extremely Fine; a striking portrait of Verus
Good Extremely Fine; gently smoothed with some tooling, otherwise a magnificent bronze, with a splendid brown patina and striking portrait of Verus | 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, Victory, winged and half-draped, standing right, fixing to a palm-tree a shield inscribed VIC AVG; S-C across fields.
Good Extremely Fine; gently smoothed with some tooling, otherwise a magnificent bronze, with a splendid brown patina and a striking portrait of Verus.

Reference: RIC III-1397 (Marcus Aurelius); BMCRE-1116.
Rarity: Rare.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from David Miller, December 2018.
Die Axis: 11h.
Diameter: 32 mm.
Weight: 26.22 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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