Coin of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome from Saittae Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 161–76

Medium: bronze
Dimensions: 2.79 g, 6:00, 18 mm
Credit Line: Ruth Elizabeth White Fund
Accession Number: 2004.6.380
Geography: Made in Saittae, Lydia
Culture: Greek
Period: 2nd century A.D.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Dr. bust of Faustina II, r.; PHAYSTEINA SEBAS

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Apollo standing, front, with crossed legs, holding laurel branch in r. hand and resting l. on column; EPI TITIANOY SAITTHNON

Provenance

K. H. Otto, Germany, to June 1991; Professor Dr. Peter Robert Franke and Leonore Franke, Munich, 1991–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money

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