Aureus (Coin) Portraying Marcus Aurelius

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Aureus (Coin) Portraying Marcus Aurelius

Roman, minted in RomeLinkedCulture matchlcp-e1eed953bf88

Date
153-154, issued by Antoninus Pius
Medium
Gold
Culture
Rome
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
5644

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays a bust of Marcus Aurelius facing right, bareheaded, wearing a cuirass (body armor) and paludamentum (military cloak). The back (reverse) depicts the goddess Roma-Virtus, helmeted, standing left in military garb, holding Victory and parazonium (a dagger).

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Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Provenance
Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.

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AAT300037334

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