Head of Lucius Verus, laureate, right, Lucius Verus, in military dress, sitting on horse, prancing right, and holding transversal spear in both hands; before him, soldier, standing right with spear in right hand and shield on left arm; behind him, three soldiers, standing right, Extremely rare sestertius, variety of RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1321 with the laureate head of Lucius Verus. For these two varieties, only 3 examples are known in public collections and less than 5 have been seen in recent auctions. Unfortunately damaged by the passing years, it is nevertheless a rarely-seen example, representing the ceremony of a consul's or emperor's departure to war, in this case the co-emperor Lucius Verus., IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG, TR P II COS II S C // PROFECTIO AVG