Sestertius - Lucius Verus TR POT VI IMP IIII COS II S C, Victory

€264,170.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year166
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionBronze
Weight19.8 g
Dimensions30 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
OrientationVariable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC III#1457, OCRE#ric.3.m_aur.1457
Obverse descriptionBust of Lucius Verus, laureate, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringL VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX
(Translation: Lucius Verus, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Armenians, great conqueror of the Parthians.)
Reverse descriptionVictory, winged, half-draped, standing front, head right, fixing to a palm-tree with left hand shield inscribed VIC AVG and holding palm sloped upward to right shoulder in right hand; sometimes at foot of palm-tree, a shield.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringTR POT VI IMP IIII COS II S C
(Translation: Holder of tribunician power for the sixth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the fourth time, consul for the second time. Decree of the senate.)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (166)  - -
Catalog ID8553500210
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