Advanced Search 
View: Obverse
Sestertius with bust of Lucius Verus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 163–164
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 34.5 mm. Weight: 32.60 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1986.894
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Lucius Verus to right.
L AVRELVERVS AVGARMENIANCVS
Reverse: Victory standing supporting shield on palm stump.
On shield: VIC/AVG in field: S C
TRPIIII IMPIICOSII
L AVRELVERVS AVGARMENIANCVS
Reverse: Victory standing supporting shield on palm stump.
On shield: VIC/AVG in field: S C
TRPIIII IMPIICOSII
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Earl Fitzwilliam Collection; by 1949: with Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., Spencer House, 27 St. James's Place, St. James's Streeet, London, S.W. 1 (Christie's auction of the Earl Fitzwilliam Collection, sold by order of the Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, May 30-31, 1949, lot 222 [partial]); by 1952: with A. H. Baldwin, Robert Street, London; 1952: purchased from A. H. Baldwin by Cornelius C. Vermeule III; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, December 17, 1986