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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;shanxi, post: 3703371, member: 101607&quot;]Interesting, there are a lot of columns on roman coins, big and small.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This column is the first architectural structure on a Roman coin (the first building comes 57 years later). It&nbsp; honors L. Minucius Augurinus, who, as prefect, introduced price controls on grain and thus fought a famine.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]992706[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>C. Minucius Augurinus</p><p>AR Denarius, 135 BC, Rome</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, below chin, X, behind, ROMA.</p><p>Rev: C•A – VG Spiral column surmounted by statue, holding staff in r. hand; on either side, togate figure. Togate figure on left holding loaves in both hands, togate figure on right holding lituus. Column decorated with forepart of lion on either side at the base and two bells at the top, grain ears behind each of the lions.</p><p>Ag, 18mm, 3.69g</p><p>Ref.: Sydenham 463, Crawford 242/1.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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