163 AD., Lucius Verus, Rome mint, Denarius, RIC 501.

Lucius Verus, Rome mint, 163 AD.,
Denarius (18 mm / 3,39 g), silver, axis medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 0°),
Obv.: L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS , bare head of Lucius Verus right.
Rev.: TR P III IMP II COS II / ARMEN , Armenia, wearing cloak and breeches to ankles, and pointed cap, seated left, on ground, in attitude of mourning, propping head on her right hand, her right elbow bent and resting on right knee, her left hand resting on ground; to left, behind her, vexilium, and to left and right, behind her, shields.
RIC III, 254, 501 (common) ; Coh. 6 ; BMC 239 .

toning in fields, ex Gorny & Mosch 78, 1996, no. 539

Celebrating the victory over Armenia. The reverse of this issue refers to the Parthian campaigns of Lucius Verus, whose generals - most notably Avidius Cassius - repelled a series of Parthian attacks before taking the offensive. In 163, the Roman general Marcus Statius Priscus invaded Armenia and captured the capital Artaxata, an event which prompted Lucius Verus to assume the title Armeniacus and to issue coins showing the defeated Armenia in an attitude of mourning.