Coins Concerning The Colosseum

And this that I don't think is authentic either....



Barry Murphy

 

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AncientJoe, Those are both magnificent coins, especially the Sestertius of Titus ! Your Colosseum sestertius is far superior to the coin illustrated in Harlan Berk's book 100 GREATEST ANCIENT COINS, 2nd Edition.

 

And there are quite a few modern items....

 

It would seem that Phillip the Arab would have shown the Colosseum in reference to his SAECVLARES games but he didn't.

 

Beautiful coin Barry. Curtis Clay's notes on my denarius of Caracalla of the same type are that this is the spina in the circus Maximus not the Colosseum. Although I suppose both venues were used during the games.

 

I love that portrait of Titus - so lifelike. Your coin sure didn't see many hands in its time, did it?

 

Yeah, Mussolini was "nuts" to demolish the Meta Sudans and pedestal. Seems there could have been a solution to leave both alone when constructing the the Via del foro imperiali. He contradicts himself when it comes to Ancient Rome. He puts forth the effort to Drain Lake Nemi and retrieve Caligula's lost ships and then goes about destroying other areas of Ancient Rome. Here is a photo of the Meta Sudans and Nero's Colossus base before Mussolini.

 

That's interesting, did not know about it and starting to read some stuff online. Too bad it got torn down...

Untill I got a sestertius like the one of AncientJoe, I'm more then happy to show this one. Again, because I also showed it in the other topic. Nevertheless, I will graps every opportunity to show it


And a photo of mine with the Colloseum in the background, taken from the Palatine hill. One can also see the arch of Titus. Appropriate, seeing I show his coin above
Rome is such an magical place. You cannot but feel the ancient history when walking through the city, as if you are part of it and going back in time. I do recommend taking a bicycle ride over the appian road. More quiet, and the feeling of going over that ancient highway is amazing (and bumpy too).

 

I imagine that they may have found it getting too crowded over at the Torre Argentina and they decided to find a spot with more space to stretch out.