Description of Plate XXIV.
REPRESENTATIONS ON COINS OR MEDALS[250].
1. Titus sitting upon a trophy of arms (A.U.C. 823, A.D. 80).
On the obverse the legend is, TIB. VESP. AVG. P.M. TR. P.P. COS. VIII. S.C.
On the reverse is the amphitheatre, with the Meta Sudans to the left, and on the right a double colonnade, one over the other, for the aqueduct (?).
2. Head of Alexander Severus, A.D. 224.
Legend:—IMP. CÆSAR DIVI SEV. ALEXANDER.
Reverse:—The Amphitheatre, with the Meta Sudans on the right, and two figures on the left, with the legend of the dates of his tribuneship and consulate.
3. Obverse:—Head of Alexander Severus (A.U.C. 937, A.D. 224).
Legend:—IMP. CAES. DIVI. SEV. ALEXANDER.
Reverse:—Amphitheatre, with a group of figures to the left, and a building of two storeys to the right[251].
Legend:—Dates of tribuneship and consulate.
4. Obverse:—Head of Gordianus III. (A.U.C. 997, A.D. 244).
Legend:—IMP. GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG.
Reverse:—Amphitheatre, with a colossus on the left, and a small building on the right[252].
Legend:—MUNIFICENTIA GORDIANI. AVG.
THE COLOSSEUM.
PLATE XXV.
DIAGRAMS OF COINS OR MEDALS.
COLOSSEUM—REPRESENTATIONS ON COINS