Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Lucius Verus

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

December 163-December 164, issued by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus

Roman, minted in Rome

Obverse: Head of Lucius Verus right, bare
Inscribed: . L . VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS
Reverse: Victory stands right, half draped, placing a shield atop a palm tree
Inscribed: TRP IIII IMP II COS II

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Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Lucius Verus
Place: Rome (Minted in)
Date: Struck 163 CE–164 CE
Medium: Gold
Inscriptions: Obverse: L. VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS Reverse: TR P IIII. IMP II COS II, shield inscribed VIC AVG
Dimensions: Diam.: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Reference Number: 1922.4878
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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.
Theresa Gross-Diaz, “Cat. 56 Aureus Portraying Lucius Verus: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).

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

Cat. 56 Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Lucius Verus, A.D. 163/64

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