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Denarius (Coin) Portraying Diadumenian
217 (April/December)
- 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
- 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 Emperor Diadumemian facing right.
On the back the figure of Hope marches to the left, holding a flower in her raised right hand while the left draws back her robe.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
