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Aureus (Coin) Portraying Empress Faustina the Elder

Roman, minted in RomeLinkedCulture matchlcp-e1eed953bf88

Date: 141-161, issued by Antoninus Pius
Medium: Gold
Culture: Roman Empire
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 182872

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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Credit line: William A. and Renda H. Lederer Endowment; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alexander and David Earle III funds; purchased with funds provided by the Classical Art Society
Provenance: Sold, Numismatica Ars Classica AG, May 12, 2004, lot 412, to Harlan Berk, Chicago, IL; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2004.

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Object type: AAT300037334

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