Denarius (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Roma

Art Institute of Chicago

Denarius (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Roma

Roman

Date
about 99 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Roman Empire
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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.

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