Please tell me what the reverse represents on this one: a temple? 14-37 AD AUGUSTUS O; DIVV AUGUSTVS PATIR ALTAR SC 10.8 GR 29.5MM The one below has a mans head and arm behind the horse...any input would be appreciated... 166-84 BC CIBYRA DRACHMA 2 GR 15MM
The reverse on the top one is probably a funeral enclosure or shrine. Below is a pic of what it was. This was Augustus one on the banks of the Tiber river.
Neat coins. The bronze is Divus Augustus, "Divus" meaning "god", in other words meaning they had deified him. This is a clue that it is a posthumous issue, in this case struck under Tiberius if I have the attribution right. It does look like a temple but is described as a large altar. From Wildwinds: "Sear Roman Coins and their Values (RCV 2000 Edition) Number 1789 [Click here for the Sear 1789 page with thumbnail images.] Ref Divus Augustus AE As, RIC 81 [tib], Cohen 228 [aug], BMC 146 Divus Augustus Æ As. Struck under Tiberius, circa 31-37 AD. DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left / S-C either side of large altar, PROVIDENT in ex. Cohen 228."
Ah, there you go. The photo that @Ancient Aussie posted helps. As to the other, it appears to be Roman Republican, but I'll let one of the more proficient folks attribute that one for you.
What's it say under the altar on that one? Edit: never mind. Wikipedia answered that for me. "ARA PACIS", huh? Neat. I was unfamiliar with that legend, and the lack of spacing between words threw me off.
The Greek piece seems a bit small and light for a full drachma. It may be a half drachma piece or a tri hemi-obol.
Wow, I totally overlooked that being Greek. The lettering should've clued me in, even if I was only looking at the pictures and not (duh) reading the description. Looked like a Republican denarius to me, in my too-hasty glance.
The Ara Pacis really wasn’t funereal—more a tribute to Augustus for ending the century of bloodshed prior to Actium. Near the Ara Pacis is Augustus’s mausoleum, which may be the structure that the reverse type alludes to.
I like your avatar @aundurii... I enjoy Carthage coinage. Carthage Zeugitania Æ17 6.1g 350-320 BCE Palm Tree Horse Head SNG Cop 102 and @ALAN DAVIS , nice DIVUS! I do not know your AR Drachm... especially with the "Flying Head" chasing the Horseman! I think I have one of your AE DIVUS... RI Augustus DIVUS under Tiberius 22-23 CE Dupondius Radiate Alter
