Lucius Verus. Sestertius

Lucius Verus; 161-169 AD, Rome, 161 AD, Sestertius, 22.73g. BMC-864 note. Obv: IMP CAESAR L AVRE - LIVS VERVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, bust r. Rx: PROV DEOR - TR P COS II on l. and r., S - C across field, Providentia standing l. holding globe and cornucopia. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Gitbud-Naumann, eBay, 19 Oct. 2015. This sestertius has the rare variant obverse legend reading CAESAR L AVRELIVS rather than the usual CAES L AVREL.Porosity in fields, but portrait in high relief. VF