Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Septimus Severus

194-195, issued by Septimius Severus

Roman; minted in Rome

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the profile head of Emperor Septimius Severus, facing right and laureate. The back (reverse) depicts the goddess Victory running right, a wreath in right hand, palm branch over left shoulder.

Status: On View, Gallery 153
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Septimus Severus
Place: Rome (Minted in)
Date: 194 CE–195 CE
Medium: Gold
Inscriptions: Obverse: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP III Reverse: VICT AVG TRP II COS II
Dimensions: Diam.: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Reference Number: 1922.4882
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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. 58 Aureus Portraying Septimius Severus: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
https://publications.artic.edu/roman/reader/romanart/section/545

Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 155, 1994 - February 22, 2004 and May 16, 2004 - February 2012.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Centaur’s Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art, February 22 - May 16, 2004.

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

Cat. 58 Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Septimius Severus, A.D. 194/95

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