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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 25480787, member: 10613&quot;]The temple of Venus and Roma, which was built during the reign of Hadrian, was damaged by fire in A.D. 307 and restored by Maxentius. A large series of coins with the reverse legend CONSERV VRB SVAE (Defender of his city) feature the temple.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630850[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Maxentius</font></p><p><font size="4">A.D. 307- 308</font></p><p><font size="4">25mm 6.1g</font></p><p><font size="4">IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG; laureate head right.</font></p><p><font size="4">CONSERV VRB SVAE; Roma seated in hexastyle temple holding globe &amp; sceptre; Sol holding globe flanked by river gods [?] in pediment; Victories with garlands as acroteria; H in left field.</font></p><p><font size="4">In ex. RP</font></p><p><font size="4">RIC VI Rome 204</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Workshop not in RIC</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">All the mints under control of Maxentius issued these; but Carthage changed it up a little by replacing Roma with Carthage.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1630851[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Constantine I</font></p><p><font size="4">A.D. 307</font></p><p><font size="4">26mm&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 6.9g</font></p><p><font size="4">CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES; laureate head right</font></p><p><font size="4">CONSERVATORES KART SVAE; Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands, within hexastyle temple</font></p><p><font size="4">&nbsp;with plain pediment.</font></p><p><font size="4">In ex. PKΔ&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="4">RIC VI Carthage 61</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">You can still visit what is left of the temple.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1630856[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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