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<p>[QUOTE="Marsman, post: 8237246, member: 99177"]I’m back in The Netherlands after a long weekend in Rome, visiting the Musei Vaticani and of course the Forum Romanum. The Forum is a magical place, especially with that beautiful view from the Palantino. So much history when you walk on the Via Sacra, paved with those large stones.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin arrived at home when I was in Rome. A sestertius of Nero with the Arch of Nero (Latin: Arcus Neronis) on the reverse. The arch was erected between 58 and 62, in honor of the Parthian victories of Corbulo, an important general under Nero. This general had to commit suicide later on the orders of the paranoid Nero.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, there is nothing left of this triumphal arch in todays Rome.</p><p>The arch was probably demolished immediately after Nero's death and his sentence to damnatio memoriae, as no later references are known in the ancient sources. Another possibility is that the arch was destroyed by the fires of 69 or 80. We don't know.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins are the only source by which we can now reconstruct the arch.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449365[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Nero (AD 54-68). AE Sestertius. Lugdunum, circa AD 65.</p><p>Obv: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head to left, globe at point of bust.</p><p>Rev: Triumphal arch surmounted by statuary group of Nero in quadriga, escorted by Victory and Pax and flanked by soldiers; statue of Mars holding spear and shield in niche on left side of arch; S-C to left and right.</p><p>Ref: RIC I 393</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight: 24,4 gr</p><p>Diameter: 35 mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsman, post: 8237246, member: 99177"]I’m back in The Netherlands after a long weekend in Rome, visiting the Musei Vaticani and of course the Forum Romanum. The Forum is a magical place, especially with that beautiful view from the Palantino. So much history when you walk on the Via Sacra, paved with those large stones. This coin arrived at home when I was in Rome. A sestertius of Nero with the Arch of Nero (Latin: Arcus Neronis) on the reverse. The arch was erected between 58 and 62, in honor of the Parthian victories of Corbulo, an important general under Nero. This general had to commit suicide later on the orders of the paranoid Nero. Unfortunately, there is nothing left of this triumphal arch in todays Rome. The arch was probably demolished immediately after Nero's death and his sentence to damnatio memoriae, as no later references are known in the ancient sources. Another possibility is that the arch was destroyed by the fires of 69 or 80. We don't know..... Coins are the only source by which we can now reconstruct the arch. [ATTACH=full]1449365[/ATTACH] Nero (AD 54-68). AE Sestertius. Lugdunum, circa AD 65. Obv: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head to left, globe at point of bust. Rev: Triumphal arch surmounted by statuary group of Nero in quadriga, escorted by Victory and Pax and flanked by soldiers; statue of Mars holding spear and shield in niche on left side of arch; S-C to left and right. Ref: RIC I 393 Weight: 24,4 gr Diameter: 35 mm[/QUOTE]
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