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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 24484220, member: 135271&quot;]I see what you are saying but I don&#039;t find it particularly convincing. Considering how rarely bridges do appear on coinage, it would seem that it would require something much more than just a routine restoration, which must have happened more frequently than just once or twice. Moreover, the most famous Roman coins that depict bridges - this one, and the Trajan coins they resemble - were both struck at times coinciding with great military campaigns involving the building of such monumental bridges.</p><p>Far more likely, in my view, that these highly unusual coins are part of a series celebrating the contemporary military achievements of the Emperor, as was very commonly done, than that they represent a mere rebuilding project on some random bridge in Rome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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