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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3172874, member: 75937"]How did I miss this thread the first time it went around? Here are some in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>This one has a circle in the pediment, which I think is rather boring, but the spiky projections on the roof make up for its otherwise unimaginative decoration:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]815877[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244 and Tranquillina.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ pentassarion, 11.40 g, 25.8, 7 h mm.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, legate Tertullius, AD 243-244.</p><p>Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CЄ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ-ΛЄΙΝΑ, confronted draped busts of Gordian III and Tranquillina.</p><p>Rev: VΠ TEPTVΛΛIA-NOV MAPKIANO-ΠOΛEIT-ΩN, Tyche Soteiros (Fortuna Redux), wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, standing left within tetrastyle temple with • in pediment; E (mark of value) to left.</p><p>Refs: AMNG (Pick) 1192; Moushmov 841; H&J 6.38.46.2 (R6, same dies); Varbanov 2057 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 261; SNG Budapest--.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one from the same mint has a swirl-shaped (like a cinnamon roll) clipeus in the pediment on its temple:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]815880[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caracalla with Julia Domna, AD 198-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion, 25.5 mm, 12.01 g, 7 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Quintilianus, legatus consularis, AD 212-217.</p><p>Obv: ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑVΓVCΤΟC ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right vis-à-vis draped bust of Julia Domna left.</p><p>Rev: VΠ ΚVΝΤΙΛ-ΙΑΝ ΜΑΡΚΙΑ-NΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ-Ν, Tetrastyle temple with peaked roof and clipeus in pediment, statue of Serapis within, standing left, raising right hand and holding scepter; Є (mark of value) to left of Serapis.</p><p>Refs: AMNG 689 var.; H&J <i>Marcianopolis</i>, 6.19.46.7 (same dies); Varbanov 1049; Moushmov 508; SNG Evelpides 812 var.; Lindgren II 713 var.; BMC 3. 30, 19 var.; SNRIS Marcianopolis 09.</p><p><br /></p><p>These two have wreaths in their pediments:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]815881[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Soaemias, AD 218-222.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ 21.4 mm, 12.48 g.</p><p>Samaria, Sebaste, AD 218-222.</p><p>Obv: SVΛEMIAS ΛV[GVSTΛ] SEB, bare-headed and draped bust, r.</p><p>Rev: COL• L• SE• [SEB• ASTE•], temple of the Capitoline Jupiter* with four columns; Jupiter standing in center between Athena and Hera. Wreath within pediment.</p><p>Ref: Rosenberger 36 (die match); Price & Trell 786; SNG ANS 1083.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">*You can read a very interesting article about this temple <a href="https://smarthistory.org/jupiter-optimus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://smarthistory.org/jupiter-optimus/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]815885[/ATTACH]</p><p>Maxentius as Augustus, AD 307-312.</p><p>Roman billon follis; 6.57 g, 25.7 mm, 10 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 307-308.</p><p>Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, radiate head right.</p><p>Rev: CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing in hexastyle temple, head left, globe in right hand, scepter in left, shield at side behind, Victories as acroteria, wreath in pediment, H left, R S in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 202a; Cohen 21; RCV 14986.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I have NO IDEA what's supposed to be on this pediment. It's sort of like the pediment on the Capitoline temple of Jupiter on [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] 's Republican denarius of Petillius Capitolinus <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eh-whats-that-in-your-pediment.276537/#post-2379982" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eh-whats-that-in-your-pediment.276537/#post-2379982">posted earlier in this thread</a>. A <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=AED+DIV+FAVSTINAE&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=AED+DIV+FAVSTINAE&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" rel="nofollow">search for other examples at acsearch</a> gives 102 other specimens to examine but no clear answer, as far as I can tell.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]815887[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Senior, Augusta AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.27 g, 17.5 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome under Antoninus Pius, AD 150.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: AED DIV FAVSTINAE, hexastyle temple on podium; statues to right and left and seated figure of Faustina in center; statues of Victory at corners of pediment.</p><p>Refs: RIC 343; BMCRE 341; Cohen 1; RCV 4573; CRE 126.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3172874, member: 75937"]How did I miss this thread the first time it went around? Here are some in my collection: This one has a circle in the pediment, which I think is rather boring, but the spiky projections on the roof make up for its otherwise unimaginative decoration: [ATTACH=full]815877[/ATTACH] Gordian III, AD 238-244 and Tranquillina. Roman provincial Æ pentassarion, 11.40 g, 25.8, 7 h mm. Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, legate Tertullius, AD 243-244. Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CЄ ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ-ΛЄΙΝΑ, confronted draped busts of Gordian III and Tranquillina. Rev: VΠ TEPTVΛΛIA-NOV MAPKIANO-ΠOΛEIT-ΩN, Tyche Soteiros (Fortuna Redux), wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, standing left within tetrastyle temple with • in pediment; E (mark of value) to left. Refs: AMNG (Pick) 1192; Moushmov 841; H&J 6.38.46.2 (R6, same dies); Varbanov 2057 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 261; SNG Budapest--. This one from the same mint has a swirl-shaped (like a cinnamon roll) clipeus in the pediment on its temple: [ATTACH=full]815880[/ATTACH] Caracalla with Julia Domna, AD 198-217. Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion, 25.5 mm, 12.01 g, 7 h. Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Quintilianus, legatus consularis, AD 212-217. Obv: ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑVΓVCΤΟC ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right vis-à-vis draped bust of Julia Domna left. Rev: VΠ ΚVΝΤΙΛ-ΙΑΝ ΜΑΡΚΙΑ-NΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ-Ν, Tetrastyle temple with peaked roof and clipeus in pediment, statue of Serapis within, standing left, raising right hand and holding scepter; Є (mark of value) to left of Serapis. Refs: AMNG 689 var.; H&J [I]Marcianopolis[/I], 6.19.46.7 (same dies); Varbanov 1049; Moushmov 508; SNG Evelpides 812 var.; Lindgren II 713 var.; BMC 3. 30, 19 var.; SNRIS Marcianopolis 09. These two have wreaths in their pediments: [ATTACH=full]815881[/ATTACH] Julia Soaemias, AD 218-222. Roman Provincial Æ 21.4 mm, 12.48 g. Samaria, Sebaste, AD 218-222. Obv: SVΛEMIAS ΛV[GVSTΛ] SEB, bare-headed and draped bust, r. Rev: COL• L• SE• [SEB• ASTE•], temple of the Capitoline Jupiter* with four columns; Jupiter standing in center between Athena and Hera. Wreath within pediment. Ref: Rosenberger 36 (die match); Price & Trell 786; SNG ANS 1083. [SIZE=3]*You can read a very interesting article about this temple [URL='https://smarthistory.org/jupiter-optimus/']here[/URL].[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]815885[/ATTACH] Maxentius as Augustus, AD 307-312. Roman billon follis; 6.57 g, 25.7 mm, 10 h. Rome, AD 307-308. Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, radiate head right. Rev: CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing in hexastyle temple, head left, globe in right hand, scepter in left, shield at side behind, Victories as acroteria, wreath in pediment, H left, R S in exergue. Refs: RIC 202a; Cohen 21; RCV 14986. And I have NO IDEA what's supposed to be on this pediment. It's sort of like the pediment on the Capitoline temple of Jupiter on [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] 's Republican denarius of Petillius Capitolinus [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eh-whats-that-in-your-pediment.276537/#post-2379982']posted earlier in this thread[/URL]. A [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=AED+DIV+FAVSTINAE&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=']search for other examples at acsearch[/URL] gives 102 other specimens to examine but no clear answer, as far as I can tell. [ATTACH=full]815887[/ATTACH] Faustina Senior, Augusta AD 138-141. Roman AR denarius, 3.27 g, 17.5 mm, 5 h. Rome under Antoninus Pius, AD 150. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right. Rev: AED DIV FAVSTINAE, hexastyle temple on podium; statues to right and left and seated figure of Faustina in center; statues of Victory at corners of pediment. Refs: RIC 343; BMCRE 341; Cohen 1; RCV 4573; CRE 126.[/QUOTE]
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