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Constantine II, Obv. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right, Rev. GLORI-A EXER-CITVS, Two soldiers holding a military standard, Mintmark in Exergue TR??. Ref. RIC VIII Trier 80, date 337-348 AD. Possibly barbarous imitation.
Acknowledgements to Alisdair Menzies
The Arch of Constantine, Rome-IT
The Arch of Constantine (Italian: Arco di Costantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. It was erected to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312. Dedicated in 315, it is the latest of the existing triumphal arches in Rome, from which it differs by spolia, the extensive re-use of parts of earlier buildings.
O Arco de Constantino é um arco triunfal em Roma, a curta distância para oeste do Coliseu. Foi erigido para comemorar a vitória de Constantino sobre Maxêncio na Batalha da Ponte MÃlvio, 312 AD. A batalha está representada na banda pouco esculpida sobre o lado direito do arco, na frente oposta ao Coliseu.
Outakes from our teeny tiny surfing holiday in Cornwall. Yes, I know it's where I live but shhhhhh.
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Arch of Constantine. Roma. 9 May 2005.
The Arch of Constantine was a triumphal arch built by the Emperor Constantine in 315 to commemorate his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. This shot is taken from the top of the Colosseum.
One of the interesting things about the Arch of Constantine is that many of the carvings decorating it were recycled from older monuments. There are four distinct styles of carvings on the arch, which almost certainly came from four different periods. The face of the central figure on many of the carvings was altered to look like Constantine.
I didn't get any good photos of the parts of the arch that were in shadow, but brightredspud did. Check his flickr page for some close-ups of the carvings.
The Arch of Constantine
It is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT 274-337
Near this place, Constantine was proclaimed Roman Emperor in 306. His recognition of the civil liberties of his Christian subjects, and his own conversion to the Faith, established the religious foundations of Western Christendom.
The Column of Constantine (or Burnt Column) is a Roman monumental column constructed on the orders of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330 AD. It commemorates the declaration of Byzantium (renamed by Constantine as Nova Roma) as the new capital city of the Roman Empire. The column is located on Yeniçeriler Caddesi in central Istanbul, along the old Divan Yolu (the 'Road to the Imperial Council') between Sultanahmet and Beyazıt Square (known as Forum Tauri in the Roman period.)
San Giovanni in Laterano. Alessandro Galilei's early 18thC baroque facade. Porch. Statue of Constantine taken from the Imperial Baths on the Quirinal.
Constantine II, Obv. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right, Rev. GLORI-A EXER-CITVS, Two soldiers holding a military standard, Mintmark in Exergue TR??. Ref. RIC VIII Trier 80, date 337-348 AD. Possibly barbarous imitation.
Identification acknowledgements to Alisdair Menzies
The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. It was erected to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312. Dedicated in 315, it is the latest of the existing triumphal arches in Rome, from which it differs by spolia, the extensive re-use of parts of earlier buildings.
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Chas: You owe me three years' salary, dude, see if you pay me them...
Constantine: We will talk about that when crisis ends...
Detail on the Arch of Constantine.
The medallion contains a depiction of the god Sol driving the sun chariot. Above the roundel is a frieze from a monument to Trajan depicting a battle scene