Art Institute of Chicago
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Marcus Aurelius
Roman, minted in Rome
- Date
- 153-154, 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 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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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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