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35^ lanus represented as Vault or Archway
but without the entablature, occurs on the reverse of auj'et struck by-
Nero (fig. 245 )\ It is, however, from the 'first brass' (figs. 246— 249)and
'second brass' (figs. 250, 251)^ of this emperor that we gain
the clearest idea of the building. The said pieces show us a small
oblong edifice with a heavy flat roof. At either end is a pair of
Roman Doric or Corinthian columns carrying a semicircular arch,
which is filled by shut doors and adorned with a festoon. The long
side of the structure is of unusual design, consisting of two or more
courses of masonry topped by an open grill, above which is seen
the entablature, sometimes embellished with palmettes and scroll-
work. H. Jordan justly infers that this peculiar building was not, to
speak strictly, an ae'des at all, but rather a double archway, a ianns
Genimiis as the Romans themselves termed it-*. Sheathed through-
out with bronze'^ it would aptly represent the bronze sky of early
belief"— a similitude borne out by its arched vault and its four
supporting pillars'.
fig. 244), Rasche Lex. Num. ii. 76, iv. 504 f., Suppl. iii. 70, A. Boutkowski Dictioimaire
nu7nismatiqiie Leipzig 1878 p. 327 no. 717, Cohen Monn. enit. roiii.'^ i. 79 no. 110,
Stevenson— Smith— Madden Did. Rom. Coins p. 473. Morell's two specimens are hardly
above suspicion. The first was derived from H. Goltz, the second from \. Oisel ; and
Goltz, though an enthusiast, was no critic (Babelon Monn. gr. ram. i. i. 102 ff. ).
^ Morell. Tkes. Num. Imp. Rom. ii. 72 f. pi. 4, 9 and 10, Rasche Lex. Num. iv. 506 f,
vi. 340, 343, Suppl. iii. 70, Cohen Monn. emp. rom.'^ i. 287 nos. 1 14 and 1 15, Mm. Rollin
et Feuardent Collection /. E. Monnaies romaines en or Paris 1909 p. 8 no. 40 pi. 2 ( = my
fig- 245).
^ Morell. Thcs. Num. Imp. Rom. ii. loi pi. 9, 18 and 19, Rasche Lex. Num. iv. 506 f.,
vi. 341 ft., Suppl. iii. 70, T. L. Donaldson Architectura Numismatica London 1859 p. 48 ff.
no. 12 (pi.), Cohen Monn. emp. rom.-i. 289 f nos. 133, 134, 136— 140, 143 fig., 144— 146,
152, 154, 155, 158— 162, R. Weil in Baumeister Denktn. i. 235 fig. 206, Stevenson
Smith—Madden Diet. Rom. Coins p. 473 f. fig., J. Toutain in Daremberg— Saglio Diet.
Ant. iii. 610 fig. 4140. Figs. 246— 249 are from specimens in my collection.
^ Morell. Thes. Num. hnp. Rom. ii. 105 pi. 10, 13— 15, Rasche Lex. Num. iv. 506 f.,
vi. 341 ff., Suppl. iii. 70, Cohen Monn. emp. rom? i. 288 ff. nos. [32, 135, 141, 142,
148— 151, 153, 156, 157, 163— 177. Figs. 250, 251 are from specimens in my collection.
* H. Jordan Topographie der Stadt Rom im Alterthum Berlin 1885 i. 2. 35 if., cp. ih.
p. 346 n. 45.
^ This appears from an interesting description in Prokop. de bell. Goth. i. 25 (cp.
supra p. 335 n. 3) o re veuis aTras x'^^'^'oCs iv tuj {tQ cod. K. om. cod. L.) Terpaywvu}
axvfJ-"-'^!- eaTTjKs, toctovtos /j-cvtoi (so cod. K. fjLev cod. L.), ocrov {S