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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ro1974, post: 3987416, member: 73358&quot;][ATTACH=full]1049870[/ATTACH]</p><p>this coin is a R3 coin/ ps not mine coin</p><p>Not all the coins are the same types/ differnce RIC/</p><p>it is a wanted coin/ great rare history to</p><p>/ coin has a story when it came out/ the two rulers</p><p><br /></p><p>i can easy find 65 types and web site and in private collections are fast more</p><p>Stil listed as R3 coin</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Life[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sohaemus_of_Armenia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sohaemus_of_Armenia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" rel="nofollow">edit</a>] </b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Antoninius and Armenia King</b></font></p><p>Sohaemus was a prominent person in the Roman Empire in the 2nd century from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orontid_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orontid_dynasty" rel="nofollow">Orontid dynasty</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Commagene" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Commagene" rel="nofollow">Commagene</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_family_of_Emesa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_family_of_Emesa" rel="nofollow">Emesene dynasty</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Syria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Syria" rel="nofollow">Syria</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> The novelist of the 2nd century, his contemporary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iamblichus_(novelist)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iamblichus_(novelist)" rel="nofollow">Iamblichus</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> claims Sohaemus as his fellow-countryman.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-224-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-224-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> Iamblichus calls Sohaemus as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsacid_dynasty_of_Armenia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsacid_dynasty_of_Armenia" rel="nofollow">Arsacid</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" rel="nofollow">Achaemenid</a>, in his lineage. He was a descendant of the Median Princess <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iotapa_(daughter_of_Artavasdes_I)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iotapa_(daughter_of_Artavasdes_I)" rel="nofollow">Iotapa</a>, who was once betrothed to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty" rel="nofollow">Ptolemaic Prince</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Helios" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Helios" rel="nofollow">Alexander Helios</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-224-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-224-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a> Little is known about Sohaemus’ family and early life prior to becoming King of Armenia.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a> Before becoming King, Sohaemus had been a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate" rel="nofollow">Roman Senator</a> and served as a Consul in Rome at an unknown date.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-224-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-224-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In 144, Sohaemus received the Armenian throne from the Roman emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoninus_Pius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoninus_Pius" rel="nofollow">Antoninus Pius</a> after the overthrow of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vologases_III_of_Parthia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vologases_III_of_Parthia" rel="nofollow">Vologases I</a>. In honor of his first ascent to the throne of Armenia, a copper medal with images of Sohaemus and Antoninus Pius was issued in Rome with the inscription &quot;King of Armenians granted by decision of the Senate&quot;. Sohaemus was a contemporary to the rule of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_emperor" rel="nofollow">Roman emperors</a>: Antoninus Pius, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" rel="nofollow">Marcus Aurelius</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Verus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Verus" rel="nofollow">Lucius Verus</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus" rel="nofollow">Commodus</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerva%E2%80%93Antonine_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerva%E2%80%93Antonine_dynasty" rel="nofollow">Nerva–Antonine dynasty</a>. In the first reign, he ruled from the year 144 until 161. Not much is known about his first reign. The novelist Iamblichus living in Armenia at the time of his rule describes his reign as ‘in succession to his ancestors’.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> This statement can also refer to his former ancestor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Emesa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Emesa" rel="nofollow">Sohaemus of Emesa</a> who lived in the 1st century.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley-71-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In 161 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vologases_IV_of_Parthia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vologases_IV_of_Parthia" rel="nofollow">Vologases IV of Parthia</a>, son of the legitimate King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_IV_of_Parthia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_IV_of_Parthia" rel="nofollow">Mithridates IV of Parthia</a>, dispatched his troops to seize Armenia and eradicated the Roman legions stationed in the country under the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatus" rel="nofollow">legatus</a></i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sedatius_Severianus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sedatius_Severianus" rel="nofollow">Marcus Sedatius Severianus</a>. Encouraged by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spahbod" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spahbod" rel="nofollow">Spahbod</a> Osroes, Parthian troops marched further West into Roman Syria.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a> After Armenia was seized by the Parthians, Sohaemus went into political exile, living in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" rel="nofollow">Rome</a> where he became a senator.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a> Sohaemus was well known in Rome and there were rumors in some quarters that he was not the right man in the right place.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Hout-301-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Hout-301-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These events provoked a new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Parthian_Wars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Parthian_Wars" rel="nofollow">Roman-Parthian war</a> and peace was made on Roman terms, with Sohaemus installed as King of Armenia by Lucius Verus in either 163 or 164.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Hout-301-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Hout-301-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> The ceremony for Sohaemus in becoming Armenian King for the second time, may have taken place in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch" rel="nofollow">Antioch</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesus" rel="nofollow">Ephesus</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-9" rel="nofollow">[9]</a> This war cost Rome dearly, because the victorious army brought with it from the east a plague that spread very quickly throughout the empire. Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius" rel="nofollow">Marcus Aurelius</a> tried to declare Armenia as a province of Rome, but the uprising of Armenians led by Prince Tiridates forced the Romans to abandon their plans. In 164, Latin coinage were struck in Armenia with the inscription <i>L. Verus. Aug. Armeniacus</i> and on the reverse <i>Rex Armen(ii)s datus</i>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Hout-301-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Hout-301-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The time of his second reign is unknown.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-10" rel="nofollow">[10]</a> Sohaemus reigned from 163 perhaps up to 186. Under Sohaemus, construction work continued in the capital <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagharshapat" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagharshapat" rel="nofollow">Vagharshapat</a>. A citadel, defensive fortifications, a palace complex, and several pagan temples were built in the city. Sometime during his reign, Sohaemus was expelled by elements favorable to Parthia.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley=174-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley=174-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a> Sohaemus was expelled because a man called Tiridates stirred up trouble in Armenia who had murdered the King of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osroene" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osroene" rel="nofollow">Osroenes</a> and had thrust his sword in the face of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Martius_Verus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Martius_Verus" rel="nofollow">Publius Martius Verus</a>, the governor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocia_(Roman_province)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocia_(Roman_province)" rel="nofollow">Cappadocia</a> when rebuked for it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley=174-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley=174-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a> Tiridates only punishment for his crimes was to be exiled to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain" rel="nofollow">Roman Britain</a>, by Marcus Aurelius.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley=174-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-Birley=174-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As a result of Sohaemus’ second expulsion from Armenia; Roman forces went to war with Parthian soldiers. Parthia retook most of their lost territory in 166, as Sohaemus from his expulsion retreated to Syria.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohaemus_of_Armenia#cite_note-12" rel="nofollow">[12]</a> After Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus and the Parthian rulers intervened in the conflict, the son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vologases_IV_of_Parthia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vologases_IV_of_Parthia" rel="nofollow">Vologases IV of Parthia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vologases_V_of_Parthia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vologases_V_of_Parthia" rel="nofollow">Vologases II</a> assumed the Armenian throne in 186.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=pius+sestertius+king&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=pius+sestertius+king&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=pius+sestertius+king&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=</a></p><p><br /></p><p>how the Condition is&nbsp; from a coin is sometimes rare to/ i means with it, there can be from a common coin be a lot / but in very good condition rare[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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