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<p>[QUOTE="Ancient Aussie, post: 2532901, member: 80147"]This next coin is most probably the enclosure type from Nero ARA PACIS or Altar of Augustun Peace , was an elaborate structure erected on the Campus Maritius (along with Augustus Mausoleum) and consisted of a sacrificial altar enclosed within a screen. Constructed of Parian marble, the screen panels were carved in high relief, the exterior panels included mythological and allegorical scenes, while the interior was highlighted by frieze depicting an imperial procession made up of both imperial family and Rome's leading citizens Lugdunum mint 65 AD, Ae AS 9.9gm, RIC 1 526.</p><p>And below that is a pic I took in Rome of the probable structure on the Tiber banks, is protected by glass screens all round.[ATTACH=full]541586[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]541588[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ancient Aussie, post: 2532901, member: 80147"]This next coin is most probably the enclosure type from Nero ARA PACIS or Altar of Augustun Peace , was an elaborate structure erected on the Campus Maritius (along with Augustus Mausoleum) and consisted of a sacrificial altar enclosed within a screen. Constructed of Parian marble, the screen panels were carved in high relief, the exterior panels included mythological and allegorical scenes, while the interior was highlighted by frieze depicting an imperial procession made up of both imperial family and Rome's leading citizens Lugdunum mint 65 AD, Ae AS 9.9gm, RIC 1 526. And below that is a pic I took in Rome of the probable structure on the Tiber banks, is protected by glass screens all round.[ATTACH=full]541586[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]541588[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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