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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancient Aussie, post: 4037781, member: 80147&quot;]I was lucky enough to pick up this coin at the recent Stack&#039;s auction, what attracted me to this coin was two things the first being the amount of work the cellator did filling the whole surface with temple and the second I love these type like Nero&#039;s Triumphal arch where historians and collectors are given an idea what the structure looked like as there is not much more evidence besides the coins.</p><p>The Temple of Concordia at the northern end of the Forum in Rome was unusual in that its width was greater than its length. We do not know precisely when the temple was originally built, but its unorthodox design was likely due to space limitations. The temple was restored after the revolt of the Gracchi in 121 BC, and again under Tiberius in 10 AD.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1060133[/ATTACH]</p><p>Tiberius Æ Sestertius.(33mm, 25.5gm) Rome, AD 35-36. The Temple of Concordia: Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera and sceptre, above altar within hexastyle façade set on podium; entrance flanked by statues of Hercules and Mercury; pediment decorated with statues of Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, and Victories in acroteria; wings of transverse cella with windows behind; pediments decorated with statues / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXXVII around large S•C. RIC 61; C. 69; BMC 116; BN 100. NGC graded Choice Fine. Stack&#039;s Jan NYINC, lot 22114.</p><p><br /></p><p>This great temple, of which little survives, was located on the northwest side of the Roman Forum. It was dedicated to the goddess Concordia and its festival day was July 22. A temple to the goddess was vowed by Camillus in 367 BC on the occasion of the Licinian-Sextian laws expanding the civil rights of the plebs. At first, only an altar seems to have been built. The first temple was constructed in 121 B.C. by L. Opimius, who, as consul, killed the tribune C. Gracchus. In the Republic, it symbolized harmony between the social classes; in the Empire, between members of the imperial family. The senate often met here. Tiberius restored the building. Its design was unusual in having its façade on the long side. My coin illustrates the temple, And Literary sources mention that many works of art decorated the building, making it a veritable “temple-museum.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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