Coin Portraying an Emperor
late 4th century
- Medium
- Silver
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 1.5 cm (5/8 in.)
- Culture
- Roman Empire
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Gift of William F. Dunham
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays a draped and diademed bust, possibly an emperor, facing right. On the back (reverse), the goddess Roma sits enthroned and crowned by Victory, which she holds.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
