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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2472582, member: 57495"]My favorite Roman temple coin... Marcus Aurelius sestertius showing facade of the Temple of Mercury.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]520461[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MARCUS AURELIUS</b></p><p>AE Sestertius. 29.44g, 31mm. RIC 1075; Cohen 535. O: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, laureate head right. R: IMP VI - COS III, within a tetrastyle temple with telamons as columns and a semicircular pediment containing, from left to right, tortoise, cockerel, ram, winged helmet, caduceus, and purse, a statue of Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding caduceus and purse; S - C in field, RELIG AVG in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one may possibly not be an architectural type as you mean it, but I thought it'd be interesting to post because it actually shows some construction going on, specifically, Dido overseeing the building of Carthage.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]520462[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ELAGABALUS</b></p><p>AE28. 12.6g, 28mm. TYRE, Phoenicia, circa AD 218-222. Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; Price & Trell 748 (for rev. type). O: [IMP CAES] M AV ANTONIN[VS AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: [TVRIORVM], Dido overseeing the building of Carthage; she stands on the right, holding a rule and a transverse sceptre, facing left towards an arched city gate flanked by two towers, palm tree to her right; above the gate a mason works; below, a worker digs with a pick, legend [∆ƐI-∆Ω] to his left and right; murex shell in upper field.</p><p><i>Ex TIF Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2472582, member: 57495"]My favorite Roman temple coin... Marcus Aurelius sestertius showing facade of the Temple of Mercury. [ATTACH=full]520461[/ATTACH] [B]MARCUS AURELIUS[/B] AE Sestertius. 29.44g, 31mm. RIC 1075; Cohen 535. O: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, laureate head right. R: IMP VI - COS III, within a tetrastyle temple with telamons as columns and a semicircular pediment containing, from left to right, tortoise, cockerel, ram, winged helmet, caduceus, and purse, a statue of Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding caduceus and purse; S - C in field, RELIG AVG in exergue. This one may possibly not be an architectural type as you mean it, but I thought it'd be interesting to post because it actually shows some construction going on, specifically, Dido overseeing the building of Carthage. [ATTACH=full]520462[/ATTACH] [B]ELAGABALUS[/B] AE28. 12.6g, 28mm. TYRE, Phoenicia, circa AD 218-222. Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; Price & Trell 748 (for rev. type). O: [IMP CAES] M AV ANTONIN[VS AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: [TVRIORVM], Dido overseeing the building of Carthage; she stands on the right, holding a rule and a transverse sceptre, facing left towards an arched city gate flanked by two towers, palm tree to her right; above the gate a mason works; below, a worker digs with a pick, legend [∆ƐI-∆Ω] to his left and right; murex shell in upper field. [I]Ex TIF Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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