Coin Portraying Q. Pompeius Rufus

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

54 BCE

Roman

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Q. Pompeius Rufus, facing to the right. On the back (reverse), the head of Sulla is depicted, facing to the right.

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Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Coin Portraying Q. Pompeius Rufus
Place: Roman Empire (Minted in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 54 BCE
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Obverse: RVFVS COS Q POM RVPI Reverse: SVLLA COS
Dimensions: Diam.: 1.8 cm (3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Reference Number: 1922.4849
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The Art Institute of Chicago, “Ancient Greek and Roman Coins,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 72, 5 (September-October 1978), p. 2 (ill.).
Karen B. Alexander, “From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,” in Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago, by Karen Manchester (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012), p. 29.

Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.

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