Artistic Genre & Classification

Coins

Curated Selection of Coins

Browse artworks and cultural artifacts cataloged under Coins. Discover how different masters across centuries approached this subject matter with unique compositions and techniques.

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great

Greek; minted in Ephesus, Asia Minor (modern Turkey), 297-281 BCE, issued by King Lysimachus of Thrace

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Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Gordian III

Roman, minted in Rome, 239 (late July-December), issued by Gordian III

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Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Otho

Roman; minted in Rome, 69 (January-April), issued by Otho

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Denarius (Coin) Portraying Julius Caesar

Roman; minted in Rome, 42 BCE, issued by L. Mussidius Longus

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Mère Grégoire

Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877), 1855, reworked 1857–59

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Denarius (Coin) Depicting the God Apollo

Roman, minted in Rome, 90 BCE

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Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Augustus

Roman; minted in Lugdunum (now Lyon, France), 2 BCE-4 CE

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Coin Depicting the God Zeus

Greek, Ptolemaic; minted in Egypt, 117-111 BCE, issued by Ptolemy X (Soter II)

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Coin Depicting Cow Suckling Calf

Greek; Illyria, 229-100 BCE

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Demetrius II Nikator of Syria

Greek, minted in Tyre, 130-129 BCE, Reign of Demetrius II Nikator of Syria, 145–139 BCE and 129–125 BCE

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena

Greek, about 163 BCE

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Verica Stater: Sunken Tablet (obverse); Horse and Rider (reverse)

Unknown Cartographer, c. 10–40 CE

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Queen Cleopatra VII

Roman; minted in Eastern Mediterranean (possibly Antioch, Syria), 37-33 BCE, issued by Mark Antony

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Dupondius (Coin) Portraying Germanicus Caesar

Roman, minted in Rome, 15 BCE-19 CE

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Antoninianus (Coin) Portraying Mariniana

Roman, 254

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Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Hadrian

Roman, minted in Rome, 134-138

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Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius

Roman; minted in Rome, 138

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