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Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Lucius Verus
Roman, minted in RomeLinkedCulture matchlcp-e1eed953bf88
- Date
- December 163-December 164, issued by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
- Medium
- Gold
- Culture
- Rome
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 5650
Obverse: Head of Lucius Verus right, bare Inscribed: . L . VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS Reverse: Victory stands right, half draped, placing a shield atop a palm tree Inscribed: TRP IIII IMP II COS II
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- Credit line
- Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
- Provenance
- Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.
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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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