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Denarius (Coin) Portraying Macrinus
217 (December)
- Medium
- Silver
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 1.9 cm (3/4 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 Macrinus facing right.
On the back Macrinus is shown seated on curule chair holding a globe and a sceptre.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
