Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Titus

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

72-73

Roman

Obverse: Head of Titus to right, laureate
Reverse: Neptune stands to left, foot on globe, holding acrostolium and trident

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Titus
Place: Rome (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.: 72 CE–73 CE
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Obverse: (CAES) IMP VESP PON TR POT Reverse: NEP RED
Dimensions: Diam.: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Reference Number: 1922.4868
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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 Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 29.

The Art Institute of Chicago, Pompeii A.D. 79, unknown dates 1979.

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

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