Art Institute of Chicago
Denarius (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Roma
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- Date
- 139 BCE, issued by the Aurelia family
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- Roman Empire
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 141587
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
The denarius, introduced in 211 BCE, was the principal silver coin of Rome for five hundred years. The profile head of the goddess Roma—the personification of Rome—was the most popular image depicted on silver denarii in the second and first centuries BCE. The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the helmeted head of the goddess Roma, facing to the right. On the back (reverse), two centaurs (half-man, half-horse) pull the hero Hercules in a chariot.
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- Credit line
- Gift of William F. Dunham
- Provenance
- William F. Dunham (1857-1936), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1920.
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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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