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Lucius Verus (161-169)
Aureus - Rome (164 ou 166).
Magnifique exemplaire de très bon style.
7.28g - Cal. 2177
Superbe à FDC - CHOICE AU fine style
When the peace was broken and the Parthians – under Vologases IV – invaded Armenia, Marcus Aurelius remained in Rome and Lucius Verus went to Antioch in AD 162. Under his command, the Roman army was successful at defeating the Parthians in the Armenian capital of Artaxata and at reconquering Syria. On this coin, Verus bears the title ARMENIACVS, and the reverse shows a Victory with the inscription VIC AVG (the victory of the emperor/emperors) on a shield: it probably refers to the same martial successes as the coins which depict Verus crowning the reestablished Armenian king: Gaius Julius Sohaemus – an Arsacid prince and former Roman senator and consul – who had been king of Armenia AD 144-161, and was restored to the throne after the Parthian defeat. Almost every example of this type comes from the hoard found in 1893 on the Aventine during the construction of the Benedictine monastery of Sant'Anselmo, which contained possibly as many as 300-400 aurei (of which 45 are in the Vatican – of two types only – and all struck with a single obverse die), which seems to confirm that the coin was struck in Rome and not in the East: the coin could therefore date from the time of the victory in AD 163/164, or of the time of Verus' return to Rome in late AD 166.
Estimate: 7000 CHF
Aureus - Rome (164 ou 166).
Magnifique exemplaire de très bon style.
7.28g - Cal. 2177
Superbe à FDC - CHOICE AU fine style
When the peace was broken and the Parthians – under Vologases IV – invaded Armenia, Marcus Aurelius remained in Rome and Lucius Verus went to Antioch in AD 162. Under his command, the Roman army was successful at defeating the Parthians in the Armenian capital of Artaxata and at reconquering Syria. On this coin, Verus bears the title ARMENIACVS, and the reverse shows a Victory with the inscription VIC AVG (the victory of the emperor/emperors) on a shield: it probably refers to the same martial successes as the coins which depict Verus crowning the reestablished Armenian king: Gaius Julius Sohaemus – an Arsacid prince and former Roman senator and consul – who had been king of Armenia AD 144-161, and was restored to the throne after the Parthian defeat. Almost every example of this type comes from the hoard found in 1893 on the Aventine during the construction of the Benedictine monastery of Sant'Anselmo, which contained possibly as many as 300-400 aurei (of which 45 are in the Vatican – of two types only – and all struck with a single obverse die), which seems to confirm that the coin was struck in Rome and not in the East: the coin could therefore date from the time of the victory in AD 163/164, or of the time of Verus' return to Rome in late AD 166.
Estimate: 7000 CHF