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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4550370, member: 99456"][USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], a beautiful coin - as with the one of [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] I am happy to see and could only be happier to own<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Also worth noting that the dolphin/anchor association with "festina lente" is likely an invention of the Renaissance and the image certainly pre-dates Augustus e.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaics_of_Delos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaics_of_Delos" rel="nofollow">this mosaic from Delos</a>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126474[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The eruption of Vesuvius also important context for the time (and I don't know enough to weigh in on how direct the link to the issue of these coins), here's a relevant quote from one article I read:</p><blockquote><p><br /></p><p>"In AD 80, the year in which Titus' Colosseum coin type was produced, a series of 'pulvinaria type' coins was struck, which depicted couches of the gods. It was generally assumed in the past that the couches were voted by the Senate and the coins issued in the wake of the disastrous eruption of Vesuvius and the fire which damaged much of Rome (<a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Titus*.html#7.3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Titus*.html#7.3" rel="nofollow">Suet., Titus 8</a>; <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/66*.html#24" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/66*.html#24" rel="nofollow">Dio 66.24.2</a>; <a href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/epitome.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/epitome.htm" rel="nofollow">Aur. Vict., De Caes. 9</a>), but Dámsky has suggested instead that the couches were voted and the coin types issued in conjunction with the inaugural games of the Colosseum."</p><p>- <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42666277" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42666277" rel="nofollow">ELKINS, N. (2004)</a>. Locating the Imperial Box in the Flavian Amphitheatre: The Numismatic Evidence. <i>The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-),</i> <i>164</i>, 147-157</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>I have been <strike>so far un</strike>successful in getting a copy of the 1995 <a href="http://www.numisuisse.org/33001/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numisuisse.org/33001/index.html" rel="nofollow">SNG</a> article referenced above: B. Damsky "The throne and curule chair types of Titus and Domitian" SNR 74 1995. <b>Edit:</b> <a href="https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=snr-003:1995:74#64" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=snr-003:1995:74#64" rel="nofollow">found</a> here</p><p><br /></p><p>In reading about these coins, "pulvinar" was a new word/concept for me; the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/pulvinar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/pulvinar" rel="nofollow">neurobiology reference</a> didn't help: <i>the the largest nucleus in the thalamus whose function is related to the visual system</i>. <b>In the Colosseum context: </b> the box seats (or couch) where the images of the gods and deified emperors were placed to see circuses and spectacles. In the Circus Maximus, Augustus enjoyed the view from the "pulvinar" (<a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Augustus*.html#45" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Augustus*.html#45" rel="nofollow">Seutonius Aug</a>. 45.1).</p><p><br /></p><p>Glad it was timely information and thanks for sharing the reference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4550370, member: 99456"][USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], a beautiful coin - as with the one of [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] I am happy to see and could only be happier to own:). Also worth noting that the dolphin/anchor association with "festina lente" is likely an invention of the Renaissance and the image certainly pre-dates Augustus e.g. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaics_of_Delos']this mosaic from Delos[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]1126474[/ATTACH] The eruption of Vesuvius also important context for the time (and I don't know enough to weigh in on how direct the link to the issue of these coins), here's a relevant quote from one article I read: [INDENT] "In AD 80, the year in which Titus' Colosseum coin type was produced, a series of 'pulvinaria type' coins was struck, which depicted couches of the gods. It was generally assumed in the past that the couches were voted by the Senate and the coins issued in the wake of the disastrous eruption of Vesuvius and the fire which damaged much of Rome ([URL='http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Titus*.html#7.3']Suet., Titus 8[/URL]; [URL='https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/66*.html#24']Dio 66.24.2[/URL]; [URL='http://www.roman-emperors.org/epitome.htm']Aur. Vict., De Caes. 9[/URL]), but Dámsky has suggested instead that the couches were voted and the coin types issued in conjunction with the inaugural games of the Colosseum." - [URL='http://www.jstor.org/stable/42666277']ELKINS, N. (2004)[/URL]. Locating the Imperial Box in the Flavian Amphitheatre: The Numismatic Evidence. [I]The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-),[/I] [I]164[/I], 147-157[/INDENT] I have been [S]so far un[/S]successful in getting a copy of the 1995 [URL='http://www.numisuisse.org/33001/index.html']SNG[/URL] article referenced above: B. Damsky "The throne and curule chair types of Titus and Domitian" SNR 74 1995. [B]Edit:[/B] [URL='https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=snr-003:1995:74#64']found[/URL] here In reading about these coins, "pulvinar" was a new word/concept for me; the [URL='https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/pulvinar']neurobiology reference[/URL] didn't help: [I]the the largest nucleus in the thalamus whose function is related to the visual system[/I]. [B]In the Colosseum context: [/B] the box seats (or couch) where the images of the gods and deified emperors were placed to see circuses and spectacles. In the Circus Maximus, Augustus enjoyed the view from the "pulvinar" ([URL='http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Augustus*.html#45']Seutonius Aug[/URL]. 45.1). Glad it was timely information and thanks for sharing the reference.[/QUOTE]
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