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LOT 2933
Lucius Verus AE As. AD 167/8. Rome mint.
[L VER]VS AVG ARM [PARTH] MAX, laureate head to right / [TR P VIII IMP IIII COS III], emperor standing to right, clasping hands with Roma seated on cuirass to left, holding spear; behind cuirass, shield; [S C] in exergue. RIC 1472. Near Very Fine.(10.06gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Roma Numismatics.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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