Figures
4.1 Ancient Italy. 48
11.1 Roman silver didrachm, c. 275 bc, showing a wreathed head of
Apollo and horse. 143
11.2 Roman silver denarius, c. 212 bc, with Roma and Dioscuri. 144
11.3 Etruscan cast bronze coin, third century bc, with priestly
accoutrements. 145
11.4 Roman gold stater, c. 220 bc, showing oath-taking scene. 145
11.5 Seleucid silver tetradrachm, 129 –125 bc, depicting the
altar of Sandan. 145
11.6 Roman silver denarius, c. 135 bc, showing the Columna
Minucia. 146
11.7 Roman silver denarius, 42 bc, showing Octavian on horseback
holding a lituus. 147
11.8 Roman gold aureus, ad69–79, depicting the temple of Vesta. 148
11.9 Ephesian bronze coin, ad138 – 61, showing the temple of Artemis. 149
11.10 Silver shekel, ad132–5, depicting the destroyed Jerusalem
Temple. 149
11.11 Bronze coin of Heliopolis, ad193–211, with an aerial view of
the temple. 149
11.12 Bronze coin of Ephesus, ad218–22, showing the city’s four
neocoric temples. 150
11.13 Gold aureus of Augustus, c. 16 bc, showing the clipeus
virtutisand sacred laurel trees. 151
11.14 Gold coin made for Sulla, c. 84 bc, with his priestly symbols. 151
11.15 Silver denarius, 44 bc, showing the bust of Julius Caesar with
priestly symbols. 151
11.16 Ancient British silver coin of Verica, early first century ad,
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