Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
A work made of billon.

Coin Portraying Emperor Claudius II Gothicus

268-270

Roman, minted in Alexandria, Egypt

Roman Empire

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the emperor Claudius II, facing right and wearing a crown of laurels.

On the back (reverse) the god Harpocrates is depicted standing, with a small child at his feet.

Billon

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium