Curator

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

Sestertius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Severus Alexander

222-235

Roman, minted in Rome

Roman Empire

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the emperor Severus Alexander laureate, draped, and cuirassed, facing to the right. On the back (reverse), Pax, draped, runs to the left while holding an olive-branch and sceptre.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium