Aureus (Coin) Portraying Marcus Aurelius (153-154, issued by Antoninus Pius): Artwork and History
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Marcus Aurelius at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Marcus Aurelius (153-154, issued by Antoninus Pius) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Roman, minted in Rome.
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
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).
Object facts
- Title: Aureus (Coin) Portraying Marcus Aurelius
- Date: 153-154, issued by Antoninus Pius
- Artist attribution: Roman, minted in Rome
- Place of origin: Rome
- Medium: Gold
- Dimensions: Diam.: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
- Type: Coin
- Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Reference number: 1922.4876
Collection credit
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
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