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Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Elagabalus
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- Medium
- Silver
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
- Culture
- Rome
- 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
- 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 the head of Emperor Elagabalus, laureate, and facing to the right. The back (reverse), depicts the goddess Roma seated left holding Victory and a sceptre, with a shield behind.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
