Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Nero

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

December 67-December 68, issued by Nero

Roman, minted in Rome

Obverse: Head of Nero to right, laureate, slight beard visible
Reverse: Jupiter enthroned left, thunderbolt in right hand, scepter in left

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Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Nero
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.: 67 CE–68 CE
Medium: Gold
Inscriptions: Obverse: [IMP N]ERO CAESAR AVG PP Reverse: IVPPITER CVSTOS
Dimensions: Diam.: 1.8 cm (3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Reference Number: 1922.4863
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/96050/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.
Theresa Gross-Diaz, “Cats. 40-41 Two Coins Portraying Emperor Nero: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
https://publications.artic.edu/roman/reader/romanart/section/527

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

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