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LOT 2883
Lucius Verus AR Denarius. AD 161-169.
Rome mint; struck AD 168. L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head to right / TR P VIII [IMP] V COS III, Aequitas seated to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC III 595 (Aurelius); BMCRE 481-482 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 318. Good Very Fine. Some delamination on obverse.(3.49gr, 18 mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Norwich, UK, collector.
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