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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7750939, member: 85693"]It surprised me, all these columns on coins. Interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since this one hasn't been mentioned yet, I'll chime in. The Column of Antoninus Pius fell over, so it is not as well known as the ones for Trajan and Marcus Aurelius. Furthermore, it was smooth, with no reliefs depicting barbarians getting whacked, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">The column itself was 14.75 metres (48.4 ft) high and 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) in diameter and was constructed of red granite, with no decorating reliefs as on the otherwise similar columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius. It was quarried out in 106 (as shown by the masons' inscription on its lower end, IG xiv.2421.1). Architecturally it belonged to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustrinum#Ustrinum_Antoninorum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustrinum#Ustrinum_Antoninorum" rel="nofollow">Ustrinum</a>, 25 metres (82 ft) north of it on the same orientation, with the main apotheosis scene facing in that direction, and was surmounted by a statue of Antoninus, as is represented on coins issued after his</span> death (Cohen, Ant. Pius 353‑6)</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_of_Antoninus_Pius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_of_Antoninus_Pius" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_of_Antoninus_Pius</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The column was rediscovered in the 18th century, but efforts to put it back together were bungled (see Wikipedia). The base survives:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327084[/ATTACH]</p><p>By Lalupa - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2797585" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2797585" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2797585</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my sestertius featuring this column (barely):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327085[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Antoninus Pius Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>Posthumous Issue</b></p><p><b>(died 161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVVS ANTO[NINVS], bare head right / [DIVO] P[IO], Column of Antoninus, S-C.</p><p>RIC 1269 (Marcus Aurelius); BMCRE 880 (Marcus Aurelius); Cohen 354.</p><p>(20.83 grams / 30 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see a column on my avatar as well; several other, nicer examples have already been shared.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7750939, member: 85693"]It surprised me, all these columns on coins. Interesting. Since this one hasn't been mentioned yet, I'll chime in. The Column of Antoninus Pius fell over, so it is not as well known as the ones for Trajan and Marcus Aurelius. Furthermore, it was smooth, with no reliefs depicting barbarians getting whacked, etc. Here is Wikipedia: [COLOR=#000000]The column itself was 14.75 metres (48.4 ft) high and 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) in diameter and was constructed of red granite, with no decorating reliefs as on the otherwise similar columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius. It was quarried out in 106 (as shown by the masons' inscription on its lower end, IG xiv.2421.1). Architecturally it belonged to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustrinum#Ustrinum_Antoninorum']Ustrinum[/URL], 25 metres (82 ft) north of it on the same orientation, with the main apotheosis scene facing in that direction, and was surmounted by a statue of Antoninus, as is represented on coins issued after his[/COLOR] death (Cohen, Ant. Pius 353‑6) [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_of_Antoninus_Pius[/URL] The column was rediscovered in the 18th century, but efforts to put it back together were bungled (see Wikipedia). The base survives: [ATTACH=full]1327084[/ATTACH] By Lalupa - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [URL]https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2797585[/URL] Here's my sestertius featuring this column (barely): [ATTACH=full]1327085[/ATTACH] [B]Antoninus Pius Æ Sestertius Posthumous Issue (died 161 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] DIVVS ANTO[NINVS], bare head right / [DIVO] P[IO], Column of Antoninus, S-C. RIC 1269 (Marcus Aurelius); BMCRE 880 (Marcus Aurelius); Cohen 354. (20.83 grams / 30 mm) You can see a column on my avatar as well; several other, nicer examples have already been shared.[/QUOTE]
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