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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8188611, member: 99456"]This fellow (Roma) has a cool helmet (bottom right)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1433163[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>However, is was certainly the pediment that I wanted from this coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1433165[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Imperial, Maxentius, </b>BI Nummus, Aquileia, AD 307</p><p><b>Obv:</b> IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left on shield within tetrastyle temple, handing globe to Maxentius and holding sceptre; seated captive between, Victories as acroteria, wolf and twins in pediment, AQS in exergue</p><p><b>Ref: </b>RIC <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.aq.113" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.aq.113" rel="nofollow">VI 113</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>acroteria</b></i> : architectural roof sculptures (in this case the two victories with wreaths) above the <b>pediment</b> : triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure my helmet was cool - but that Roma that [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] shared already took the show.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next: a pediment</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8188611, member: 99456"]This fellow (Roma) has a cool helmet (bottom right) [ATTACH=full]1433163[/ATTACH] However, is was certainly the pediment that I wanted from this coin. [ATTACH=full]1433165[/ATTACH] [B]Roman Imperial, Maxentius, [/B]BI Nummus, Aquileia, AD 307 [B]Obv:[/B] IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right [B]Rev:[/B] CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left on shield within tetrastyle temple, handing globe to Maxentius and holding sceptre; seated captive between, Victories as acroteria, wolf and twins in pediment, AQS in exergue [B]Ref: [/B]RIC [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.aq.113']VI 113[/URL] [I][B]acroteria[/B][/I] : architectural roof sculptures (in this case the two victories with wreaths) above the [B]pediment[/B] : triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns. Not sure my helmet was cool - but that Roma that [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] shared already took the show. [B]Next: a pediment[/B][/QUOTE]
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