SAREBBE BELLO..........

[califfo64]

Navigando, son capitato sulla pagina di Naville Numismatic presso cui si tiene asta on line.

Ho subito notato la moneta di Settimio Severo (Arco Severiano) che non dovrebbe mancare nella collezione di chi è appassionato di monete dell'era dei Severi.

A fronte di una base d'asta di circa 300 euro, nel giro di pochi minuti, le offerte sono schizzate ad oltre 2000 euro in pre-asta.........

..........troppi, per un "comune mortale" come me ................fatevi gli occhi anche voi, se volete!!!

https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=6908&lot=600

Scusate la digressione!!!!

Buona domenica.

[ARES III]

Septimius Severus, 193-211 Denarius Rome circa 202-210, AR 18.00 mm., 3.44 g.
Laureate head r. Rev. Triumphal arch of Severus, showing four columns surmounted by chariot of six horses; on either side, horseman. RIC 259. C 104.

Extremely rare and Good Very fine

From a private British collection.

Roman architectural types have long been among the most sought-after coins by scholars, historians, archaeologists and collectors, not only because their designs are attractive, but because often they are of value in reconstructing the appearance of lost buildings, temples and monuments. Another category altogether is of coins depicting ancient structures that survive, the population of which is far smaller than the category of vanished structures. In terms of rarity and importance, the great prizes include provincial coins depicting the Acropolis in Athens, and, imperial coins depicting the Colosseum, the arch of Septimius Severus, and the Circus Maximus (even though its modern remains largely consist of an open field). This denarius depicts the Arcus Severi, the triumphal arch erected by Septimius Severus in honor of his defeat of Parthia early in 198. It was dedicated in 204, at which time asses depicting it were struck for Severus and Caracalla. The arch made its second and final appearance on denarii of 206 issued in the name of Severus in celebration of his fifteenth anniversary. Today the arch can still be seen at the north entrance of the Roman Forum; it is almost completely intact, though the statues that once decorated the roof are no longer present. They may have been removed in late antiquity or in the intervening millennium, during which time the Forum came to be filled with so much debris that even this imposing, 68-foot-tall monument was below ground level. Indeed, it was not until excavations by Carlo Fea in 1803 and subsequent efforts by the Napoleonic administration that the long-hidden arch began to be revealed.
Roman architectural types have long been among the most sought-after coins by scholars, historians, archaeologists and collectors, not only because their designs are attractive, but because often they are of value in reconstructing the appearance of lost buildings, temples and monuments. Another category altogether is of coins depicting ancient structures that survive, the population of which is far smaller than the category of vanished structures. In terms of rarity and importance, the great prizes include provincial coins depicting the Acropolis in Athens, and, imperial coins depicting the Colosseum, the arch of Septimius Severus, and the Circus Maximus (even though its modern remains largely consist of an open field). This denarius depicts the Arcus Severi, the triumphal arch erected by Septimius Severus in honor of his defeat of Parthia early in 198. It was dedicated in 204, at which time asses depicting it were struck for Severus and Caracalla. The arch made its second and final appearance on denarii of 206 issued in the name of Severus in celebration of his fifteenth anniversary. Today the arch can still be seen at the north entrance of the Roman Forum; it is almost completely intact, though the statues that once decorated the roof are no longer present. They may have been removed in late antiquity or in the intervening millennium, during which time the Forum came to be filled with so much debris that even this imposing, 68-foot-tall monument was below ground level. Indeed, it was not until excavations by Carlo Fea in 1803 and subsequent efforts by the Napoleonic administration that the long-hidden arch began to be revealed.