a little beauty Roman Empire - Lucius Verus (161 - 169 A.D.) bronze as (8,85 g.. 24 mm.), minted in Rome, 164 A.D. TRP IIII IMP II COS II. Verus on horseback right, riding down enemy below. Very rare. L VERVS AVG - ARMENIACVS, laureate head right. TRP IIII IMP II COS II. Verus on horseback right, riding down enemy below. RIC III 1404 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 67-19/10; BMCRE 1131; Cohen 257. Green original patina, good Verus portrait and almost complete legends. Very rare. vendor pictures
Lucius Verus was the co-emperor of Rome with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius from 161 ... Vologases entered the Kingdom of Armenia (then a Roman client state), expelled its king and installed his own—Pacorus, an Arsacid like himself
Superb coin with very cool patina. About the title ARMENIACVS, it reminded me this old daily mail news : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-Roman-ingot-worth-250-000-Somerset-farm.html
three coins of six i could find https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...s=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=
Nice coin! I have a Lucius Verus as featuring three trophies on the reverse that are possibly Armenian. Condition is poor, but like the OP this is somewhat scarce: Lucius Verus Æ As (167-168 A.D.) Rome Mint L VERVS AVG ARM PAR[TH MAX], laureate, draped bust right / [TR P VIII IMP IIII COS III S C], three trophies with a seated captive at base of each. RIC 1475. (10.60 grams / 26 mm) Attribution Note: RIC 1475 is the only 3-trophy As with a draped bust. This one also has a captive at base of each, which is hard to see on this example. I could find no examples online except OCRE, no illustrations. The other 3-trophy As for Verus is RIC 1464 with no captives, and a bare head (not draped).
