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Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXIIAuction date: 7 October 2021
Lot number: 539

Lot description:


Lucius Verus Æ 31mm of Syedra, Cilicia. AD 161-169. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΥ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ Ϲ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; c/m: AK within rectangular incuse / СYЄΔΡЄΩΝ, Emperor on horseback to right, raising right hand in salute. RPC IV.3 online 8112 (temporary); SNG BnF 640; for c/m: Howgego 514. 21.21g, 31mm, 6h.

Near Extremely Fine; struck from dies engraved in excellent style. Very Rare; only three examples known to RPC.

From the inventory of Roma Numismatics Ltd.

The unusual countermark on this rare issue has been suggested by Howgego to be an abbreviation of AYTOKPATΩP KOMOΔOC (Imperator Commodus).

Estimate: 750 GBP