Denarius (Coin) Portraying Lepidus
42 BCE
- Medium
- Silver
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
- Culture
- Roman Empire
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
- 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 of this coin portrays the General Lepidus facing right.
On the back is a portrait of Octavius, who would become Emperor in 27 BC.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
