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Denarius (Coin) Portraying the Emperor Maximinus
235 (March)-236 (January)
- 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 of this coin portrays the Emperor Maximinus wearing a crown of laurels and facing right.
On the back the figure of Loyalty is shown standing and holding two standards.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
