Aureus (Coin) Portraying Lucius Aelius Caesar (137): Artwork and History
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Lucius Aelius Caesar at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Lucius Aelius Caesar (137) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Roman.
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
The front of this coin portrays Lucius Aelius Caesar facing right. On the back the figure of Concord is shown seated, holding a shallow dish called a patera in her right hand as her left elbow rests on a cornucopia.
Object facts
- Title: Aureus (Coin) Portraying Lucius Aelius Caesar
- Date: 137
- Artist attribution: Roman
- Place of origin: Rome
- Medium: Gold
- Dimensions: Diam.: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
- Type: Coin
- Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Reference number: 1922.4874
Collection credit
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
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