Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 30 mm, 26.16 g, 12 h), Rome, circa 143. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS [P P TR P COS III] Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. [REX ARMENIIS] DATVS / S C Antoninus Pius standing front, head to left, holding roll in his left hand and placing, with his right hand, tiara on the head of Sohaemus, standing front, head to left, raising his right hand . BMC 1272. Cohen 686. RIC 619. Heavily corroded, otherwise, very fine.

The type celebrates the appointment of Sohaemus, who was a descendant of the Orontid dynasty, as King of Armenia in 144. Sohaemus was briefly exiled in 161 when a Parthian army invaded Armenia, but the Roman counteroffensive under Lucius Verus led to his reinstallment as King in 163, after which he continued to rule until his death in the mid 180s