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Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.64 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 163. • L • VERVS ΛVG • ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate and cuirassed bust right / TR P IIII • IMP II COS II, ΛRMEN in exergue, Armenia, wearing cloak and breeches to ankles, and pointed cap, seated left, on ground, in attitude of mourning, propping head on right hand, right elbow bent and resting on right knee, left hand on bow and quiver; to right, behind her, trophy. RIC III 507; MIR 18, 68-12/35; Calicó 2106 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 297 corr. (bust type); Biaggi 946 (this coin). Toned, some scratches and marks, scrape on obverse. Good VF.
From the S & S Collection. Ex Biaggi de Blasys Collection (1906-1979), 946.
Immediately after Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus had been installed as joint emperors, the Parthians tested the new regime by breaking a long-standing peace treaty and invading the buffer state of Armenia in AD 161, ejecting its pro-Roman king. In response, Lucius led a large Roman expeditionary force eastward and launched a counter-offensive, ejecting the Parthians from Armenia in AD 163. This initial Roman victory is celebrated on the reverse of this aureus, which gives Verus the title Armeniacus.
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