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Message:: [QUOTE="ro1974, post: 2065207, member: 73358"]<img src="http://s28.postimg.org/452peizv1/ro19744.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Roman Empire, Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE Dupondius, Rare Temple Reverse30 views Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. AE Dupondius, 28 mm, 12.41 g. Struck under Tiberius. Obv: Radiate head of Divus Augustus left. Rev: Round temple flanked by calf and lamb standing on columns. RIC I (Tiberius) 74. The identification of the temple on the reverse of the coin is the subject of much debate among scholars. Some believe that the temple is that of Divus Augustus which was erected by Tiberius and depicted on coins of Caligula and Antoninus Pius. However, that temple was rectangular with eight columns and was still in construction during Tiberius' reign. Others believe the edifice to be the tabernacle of Mars Ultor on the Capitoline Hill, constructed by Augustus in 19 BC. The most accepted current opinion on the identity of the temple is that it is Vesta's temple on the Palatine Hill. According to Panvini Rosati, this reverse reproduces the aedes Vestae in Palatio, to record the office of Pontifex Maximus, which Augustus assumed following the death of Lepidus.[/QUOTE]