Art Institute of Chicago
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius
Roman, minted in Rome
- Date
- 145-161, issued by Antoninus Pius
- Medium
- Gold
- Culture
- Rome
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the bust of Antoninus Pius right, bareheaded, wearing a cuirass (body armor) and paludamentum (military cloak). The back (reverse) depicts the goddess Roma seated facing left, holding Palladium (an ancient image of the goddess Pallas Athena) and spear, with a shield at side.
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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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