My first Lucius Verus

Beautiful coin, bcuda. Verus is one of my favorite emperors to collect.

I have a couple of the OP - not sure which was an "upgrade" so I kept them both - the top one is probably somewhat higher grade, but I really like the portrait on the second one. This happens a lot to me collecting ancients - so many factors to consider:

 

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I have an old tag that came with the coin.
I think it adds to its personality even more,
what do you think the time frame might be on the tag ?



I was surprised that the coin looked a lot better than the seller's pic so I took a pic of the coin also for a comparison. I think for $85 it turned out to be a lot nicer coin.

My pic

Seller's pic

 

The tag surely adds to the personality!
I saw this font/style on some documents belonging to my grandfather, the documents were from 1940-1950s but I suspect your tag is older.

 

What do you think after posting the tag to this coin and a better pic @Ryro @dougsmit @PeteB @DonnaML @Mat @Shea19@hotwheelsearl @Bradley Trotter@Bing @ominus1 @Roman Collector@Agricantus @ambr0zie @Andres2 @Limes@Cucumbor @Hermann Watzlawik@Marsyas Mike

 

Nice snare, @bcuda ! Sorry late to the party...

LUCIUS VERUS


RI LUCIUS VERUS 161-169 AE24 As Rome L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS Bare head r Mars trophy TR P IIII IMP II COS II S-C RIC 1377

 

It certainly looks much more attractive than in the seller's original photos.

 

Oh baby! I love bad seller pics
That thing is a serious beauty
Also, great seller tag. Unless someone in here is a typewriter specialist (which I wouldn't doubt), my best guess would be somewhere between 1930-70(?).

 

You'd be surprised at how long some dealers were using typewriters to create coin labels. I have some from as late as the 1980s. But my very uneducated guess for this one would be the 1960s or 1970s. (I'm not sure that the use of a Cohen number means it's very old either -- you'd also be surprised how long some dealers used Cohen numbers, especially for bronze coins not in RSC.

 

..my thoughts on the pics is they could be 2 different coins..

 

Nice coin bcuda of an emperor who certainly loved the good life and the fermented grape.. Here's my sestertius of Verus with him and Aurelius on reverse.



The following is a simillar sestertius with him and Aurelius on reverse, but has the senior member of the duo, Aurelius, on the obverse.

 

Lucius Verus, AD 161-169. A bronze sestertius
RIC 1310.
Obverse: Bare head, draped right.
IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG.
Reverse: Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus clasping hands.
CONCORD AVGVSTOR TRP II S-C in exergue, COS II.

Lucius Verus Silver Denarius - Providentia
Rome
Struck 162/3 AD.
Obv: IMP L VERVS AVG, cuirassed bust right

Rev: PROV DEOR TR P III COS II, Providentia standing left, holding globe and cornucopiae,
Sear 5354v, RSC 156a, RIC 491 (Marcus Aurelius)

 

LUCIUS VERUS AR


RI Lucius Verus 161-169 CE AR Denarius Providentia globe cornucopiae RIC 253

 

Looks like a nice surprise - your photo much nicer than the sellers. Here's the dupondius version:

Lucius Verus, AD 161-169, AE Dupondius, Rome mint, Struck AD 163-164
Obv: L AVREL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, bare head right
Rev: TR P IIII IMP II COS II, S C across field, Mars advancing right, holding spear forward in right hand and trophy over shoulder in left
Ref: RIC III 1382

 

Lucius Verus, 161-169 A.D.

Type: AE As, 25.5 mm 12.1 grams, R1 according to ACSearch

Obverse: L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, Bare-Headed Bust Facing Right

Reverse: TRP IIII IMP II COS III, Emperor on Horseback Charging right holding spear, riding down foe.

Reference: TBD, not in Wildwinds - edit: RIC 1404, rare type