Gold aureus of Lucius Verus

Gold | 2.1 x 0.3cm | A.D. 166-167

Unknown Artist

L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, draped bust of co-emperor/TR P VII IMP IIII COS III, winged Victory

Rome

Credit: Bequest of Joseph H. Durkee, 1898
Object: 99.35.201

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