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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8268813, member: 85693&quot;]Bringing up this old post because a while back I got an As of Trajan showing the temple and I was stuck on the Honos/Pax theories as outlined in this post.&nbsp; A chance discovery in a book I&#039;m reading brought up another possibility:&nbsp; what about the Temple of the Deified Nerva?&nbsp; A very interesting work by Mary Taliferro Boatwright makes the case for this (the quote starts off referencing another Trajan temple series with a seated figure, which she discusses pp. 88-89):</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;If the seated statue is to be identified as male (in the coins dated 105-107 A.D.), it is possible that Trajan did begin a temple here to honor Nerva.&nbsp; But given the time lag between the coin issues and the actual dedication of the temple by Hadrian, and the fact that the temple was dedicated to Trajan and Plotina without Nerva, <b>it would be more plausible to assume that a different Trajanic series struck ca. 105-108, showing a standing male figure in an unidentified temple, depicts the otherwise unattested Temple of the Deified Nerva </b>(footnote: BMC <i>Emp. III</i>, nos. 955-58).&nbsp; In addition to chronological arguments against assuming that the Temple was first destined for Trajan&#039;s deified blood father, we note again that there is no evidence that a temple ever honored this individual.&quot; Mary Taliaferro Boatwright, <i>Hadrian and the City of Rome</i>, (p. 92)</p><p><br /></p><p>Heck if I know, but it is an interesting theory that I&#039;ve seen nowhere else.&nbsp; Perhaps a high-grade example will emerge showing the figure in the temple with a very large, beaky nose?&nbsp; Here&#039;s my low-grade example: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1459263[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(103-111 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CAES NERVAE TRAI]ANO AVG GER DAC PM [TR P COS V P P], laureate head right, drapery on left shoulder / [SPQR OPTIMO] PRINCIPI, SC in exergue, Pax (Honos? Nerva?) standing within octastyle temple.</p><p>RIC II 575; BMCRE 955.</p><p>(8.82 grams / 25 x 24 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Even if you disagree with her Nerva theory, I highly recommend Boatwright&#039;s book in general; it is very readable yet very scholarly (including extensive numismatic references; I don&#039;t do justice to her footnote in the quote above).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hadrian-City-Rome-Mary-Boatwright/dp/0691002185" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Hadrian-City-Rome-Mary-Boatwright/dp/0691002185" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Hadrian-City-Rome-Mary-Boatwright/dp/0691002185</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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