Roman Imperial coin – HCR22841

Obverse

Inscription:

[L AVR]EL VERVS AVG ARME[NIACVS]

Design:

Head of Lucius Verus, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

[REX A]RMENIIS DATVS IMP II [T]R P IIII COS II [S C]

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 left, 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)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 163 – 164

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

26.5

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition collection reference

Rom Imp AE I 388

Acquisition date

1834

Source

Francis Douce

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

Reference

RIC III : 1374

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.1374

Contributors to this coin record

mmaliczowski