Art Institute of Chicago
As (Coin) Portraying Emperor Licinius
Roman, minted in Alexandria, Egypt
- Date
- 308-310
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- Alexandria
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays a laureate head of Emperor Licinius, facing right. On the back (reverse), Genius stands, facing left, holding a patera (dish) in her right hand and a cornucopiae in her left. She wears a modius (hat). Licinius I was emperor from 308-324.
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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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