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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 4667076, member: 14873&quot;]The idea for this thread came about due to two recent events in my Ancient coin collecting pursuit:</p><ol> <li>Searching for research resources during a visit to my JSTOR account.</li> <li>Purchase of an Antoninus Pius denarius from Marc Breitsprecher (one of my favorite Ancient coin dealers).</li> </ol><p>In my JSTOR account I found an excellent research resource:</p><p><br /></p><p>Journal Article on the&nbsp; Temple of Divus Augustus By Duncan Fishwick - Phoenix, Vol. 46, No. 3 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 232-255, Published by: <a href="https://www.jstor.org/publisher/cac" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/publisher/cac" rel="nofollow">Classical Association of Canada</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And that fit my needs very well because I wanted to write this article for Coin Talk about the role two of my coins played in the Dedication of the Temple of Divus Augustus, it’s destruction due to devastating fires, and its eventual complete Restoration by Antoninus Pius.</p><p><br /></p><p>One reason I downloaded and referenced this (well written) article is because Fishwick devotes a considerable amount of his narrative to the role the two coins I depict here played in preserving a historical record of the appearance and construction of the original and restored (by Antoninus Pius who was a great admirer of Augustus) Temples of Divus Augustus. Fishwick points out that these coin depictions are the only source available now that shows how the temples actually looked.</p><p><br /></p><p>There had been a controversy relating to the depiction on the Antoninus Pius coins which illustrate a Corinthian octostyle (eight column) structure versus the hexastyle (six column) original structure depicted on the Caligula Sestertius.</p><p><br /></p><p>That has been pretty much resolved, the consensus now being that the Antoninus Pius building engineers, while generally adhering to the original design, were permitted to exercise some of their own discretion in designing the Resoration.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another part of this is that the Restoration design could have been based on the partial Restoration by Domitian (of which there is no surviving record) when the original structure was severely damaged by fire during his reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please visit the thread of [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER] at ……………</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-elusive-remains-of-the-temple-of-augustus.313119/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-elusive-remains-of-the-temple-of-augustus.313119/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-elusive-remains-of-the-temple-of-augustus.313119/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>…………… for a lot more great information, accompanied by photographs, relating to the Temple of Divus Augustus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius issued a series of Restoration coins in both silver and bronze during his reign. They all included REST in the reverse legend which in this instance refers to the restoration of the Temple by Antoninus Pius.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins I reference:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1150775[/ATTACH]</p><p>CAIUS (CALIGULA), SESTERTIUS, BMCRE Vol. I, Rome, No. 69 (Pl. 29.12)</p><p>CAIUS (CALIGULA), SESTERTIUS, RIC Vol. I, Rome, No. 51</p><p>(40-41AD, 35mm, 26.2gm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse depiction: Personification of Pietas, draped, seated left</p><p>Inscription: C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG PM TRP IIII PP (in exergue): PIETAS</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse depiction: Caligula, veiled and togate, standing left holding patera over altar - attendants (victimarius) on either side holding bull for sacrifice - hexastyle temple of Divus Augustus, surmounted by quadriga and festooned with garlands, in background.</p><p>Reverse Horizontal Inscription: {small lettering} DIVO AVG and below: S C (left and right)</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: Also BMCRE 41, RIC 36 - with obverse legend: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PM TR POT (in exergue): PIETAS</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1150774[/ATTACH]</p><p>ANTONINUS PIUS, DENARIUS, RIC III,&nbsp; ROME, NO. 284</p><p>16.67mm, 3.73 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse depiction: bust of Antoninus Pius, laureate, facing right</p><p>Obverse Inscription: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse depiction: Octastyle Temple with figures (Augustus and Livia?) inside.</p><p>Reverse Inscription: AED DIVI AVG REST - COS IIII in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post any photos you have of any of these coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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