Coin Depicting an Olive Wreath
30-31, Procurator: Pontius Pilatus (reign of Tiberius)
- Medium
- Bronze
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 1.6 cm (11/16 in.)
- Culture
- Israel
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The front (obverse) of this coin depicts an olive wreath, while the back (reverse) depicts a type of sacred staff called a lituus.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
