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Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius

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Date: 157-158
Medium: Bronze
Culture: Roman Empire
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 141707

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The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Emperor Antoninus Pius, laureate and facing to the right. On the back (reverse), the goddess Annona - the divine personification of the grain supply to the city of Rome- stands, head turned to the left, resting her left hand on an upright rudder. Her right hand holds ears of grain over a modius full of grain.

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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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