Coin Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

149-150

Roman, minted in Alexandria, Egypt

The front of this coin portrays Emperor Antoninus Pius wearing a crown of laurels.

On the back, the god Zeus Ammon is shown wearing a chiton and himation; his raised left hand rests on a tall scepter while his extended right hand holds a patera. A ram is seen emerging from behind him.

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

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Coin Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius
Place: Egypt (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.: 149 CE–150 CE
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Diam.: 2.9 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert L. Grover
Reference Number: 1981.469
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Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report: 1981-82 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1982), p. 29.

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.

Robert L. Grover (1910-1998), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1981.

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