Art Institute of Chicago
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Empress Faustina the Elder
Roman, minted in Rome
- Date
- 141-161, issued by Antoninus Pius
- Medium
- Gold
- Culture
- Roman Empire
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the empress Faustina, wearing a veil and a diadem on her head. On the back (reverse), the goddess Aeternitas (Eternity) is also depicted veiled. She holds a shallow dish called a patera in her right hand and a rudder in her left.
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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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