Roman Imperial coin – HCR22839

Obverse

Inscription:

[L A]VREL VERVS AVG AR[MEN]IACVS

Design:

Head of Lucius Verus, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

[TR P I]III IMP II COS II S C [R]EX ARMEN DAT

Design:

Lucius Verus, in military dress, seated left on curule chair, set on low platform; behind him on platform, two soldiers; before him on platform, officer standing right, holding rod; on ground before platform, King of Armenia Sohaemus, raising right hand to his head

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Nerva-Antonine

Reign

Marcus Aurelius

Person

Lucius Verus (ruler/authority) , Sohaemus

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 163 – 164

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

26.52

Diameter (mm)

31.9

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

26/5/1934

Source

Ms. M. S. G. Hands; ex coll. A. W. Hands

Acquisition credit

Presented by Ms. M. S. G. Hands, 1934.

Reference

RIC III : 1370

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.1370

Contributors to this coin record

mmaliczowski