

Diameter 32.9 mm
Metal Orichalcum
Mint Rome
Rarity R2 - Very rare
Type Sestertius
Weight 28.95 g
Year of issue 163
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- The reverse details could be a bit better here, but I particularly liked this rare portrait of Lucius Verus with bare head, wearing a cuirass and a chocolate patina. Heavy, thick piece of orichalcum.
- Obverse: L AVREL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS: Bust of Lucius Verus, bare head(!), cuirassed, right.
- Reverse: TR P IIII IMP II COS II S C: Victory, winged, half-draped, standing right, fixing to a palm-tree with left hand shield inscribed VIC AVG.
Reference : RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1396
Collection : Marcus Aurelius: A Stoic Emperor's Legacy in Coins