DIAGRAMS OF COINS OR MEDALS.
COLOSSEUM—REPRESENTATIONS ON COINS
DIAGRAMS OF COINS OR MEDALS.
1. Obverse:—Head of Titus.
Legend:—VESP. GENS. T. CAES. IMP.
Reverse:—Amphitheatre, with Meta Sudans to the left, and double colonnade to the right. (Same as No. 1, Plate XXIV.)
2. Obverse:—Head of Domitian, with legend, IMP. CAES. DOMIT. AVG. GERM. P.M. TRP. XIIII.
Reverse:—Amphitheatre, with Meta Sudans and colonnade, probably of aqueduct from the Cœlian.
3. Obverse:—Head of Alexander Severus (same as No. 3, Plate XXIV.), with legend, IMP. CAES. M. AVR. SEV. ALEXANDER. AVG.
Reverse:—Amphitheatre, with group of figures on the left, and a small building on the right (castellum aquæ?).
4. Obverse:—Head of Gordianus III.
Legend:—IMP. GORDIANVS. PIVS. FELIX. AVG.
Reverse:—Amphitheatre, with a colossus and a building.
Legend:—MVNIFICENTIA GORDIANI. AVG.