Lucius Verus Denarius.

Obv:– IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG, Laureate head with drapery or fold of cloak on shoulder

Rev:– CONCORD AVG TR P / COS II, Concordia seated left holding patera

Minted in Rome. A.D. 161

Unlisted in RIC and RSC with this bust type.

Bust type "Head with drapery or fold of cloak on shoulder" usually means a 
fold on the far shoulder, sometimes with clasp, and a line of drapery 
behind neck that does not overlap with the bust and is sometimes entirely 
omitted. On this coin the drapery curls around the neck and covers part of 
the emperor's back. This type occurs on some coins under Pius, seems standard 
in Marcus' reign, but I think disappears or becomes rare from Commodus on. 


Contributed by Martin Griffiths, April, 2005.