Aureus (Coin) Portraying Lucius Aelius Caesar

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

138

Roman

The front of this coin portrays Lucius Aelius Caesar facing right.

On the back the figure of Concord is shown seated, holding a shallow dish called a patera in her right hand as her left elbow rests on a cornucopia.

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Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Aureus (Coin) Portraying Lucius Aelius Caesar
Origin: Rome
Date: 138 CE
Medium: Gold
Inscriptions: Obverse: L AELIVS CAESAR Reverse: TRIB POT COS II In exergue: CONCORD
Dimensions: Diam. 2 cm; 7.23 g
Credit Line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Reference Number: 1922.4874
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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.

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

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