Denarius (Coin) Portraying the Emperor Maximinus

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Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

235 (March)-236 (January)

Roman

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.

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

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Denarius (Coin) Portraying the Emperor Maximinus
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.: 235 CE–236 CE
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG "Imperator Maximinus Pius Augustus" Reverse: FIDES MILITVM "Loyalty of the Army"
Dimensions: Diam.: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Reference Number: 1922.4893
IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.: https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/5697/manifest.json

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.

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

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