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Arch of Septimius Severus - The annexed cut is engraved from the cast of a very rare denarius, obligingly transmitted to the author of this work, in 1851, by Mr. Doubleday of the British Museum, soon after he had made a purchase of the original for the medal department of that institution. Obv. - SEVERVS PIVS. AVG. laureated head of the Emperor. Rev. COS. III. P.P. - Triumphal arch.  Arches of Augustus. - A silver coin of Augustus, the reverse of which bears the legend L. VINICIVS (one of his monetal triumvirs) has for its type a triumphal arch of a peculiar form.  It consists of a grad arcade, flanked by two columns, which support an entablature, surmounted by an attic, on which is inscribed S.P.Q.R. IMP. CAES. and on the top is the imperial quadriga. On either side of the central arch are two square portals of smaller size, with a pediment, and a column at the two extremities, each surmounted by a statue.  In Morell. Thesaur, under the head of the Pomponia family, we see a second colonial brass struck at Corinth and dedicated to Augustus, on the reverse of which is a most elegant arch, with a large portal in the centre and two smaller ones on each side of it, surmounted by a triumphal quadriga and victories crowning the Emperor. Havercamp considers this to represent the arch erected at Corinth, either on the occasion of his entry into that city, or on account of the victory at Actium.  But amongst other triumphal arches represented on coins of Augustus, the most remarkable, perhaps, as well for its incription as its type, is that which was raised in memory of the victory gained over the Parthians, from whom he received back the military ensigns, which they had captured from Crassus and Mark Antony.  The arch has three portals, and on its summit we see the emperor in a quadriga; one Parthian presenting him a standard, and another a legionary eagle - See CIVIVS, &c. A PARTHIS RECEPClaudius - There are both silver and gold coins of Claudius, which exhibit the arch raised to commemorate the victories obtained in Britain, during the reign of Claudius - See BRITAIN. (DE)  Drusis, senior. - The arch of marble, whic hthe senate caused to be built in honour of Drusus senior, brother of Tiberius, as conqueror in an expedition against the Germans (in consequence of which he was called GERMANICVS), is typified on gold and silver coins, bearing the portrait of that hero on their obverse. The same subject is more architecturally displayed with Drusus on horseback, and with trophies surmounting it, on the reverse of a large brass, struck under Claudius - See NERO CLAVDIVS, &c.  Trajanus - A large brass of his (a copy of which follows this), presents an arch or stately proportions, rich in statuary and other ornaments, surmounted with trophies of Germanic arms, and on an attique (inscribed with the three letters, which show it to have been dedicated to Jupiter - viz. Iovi Optimo Maximo,) we see the image of the emperor in a triumphal chariot, crowned by two figures of Victory. This decorated structure was erected in honour of Trajan.  "It was probably the vestibulum, or porch of the capitol, mentioned in the panegyric. Pedrusi following Xiphilinus, thinks it stood out in the Forum.  Aulus Gellius tells us that it was inscribed EX MANVBIIS.  (Smythe, Des. Cat. 85.)  Galba - There is on a large brass of Galba an arch formed of a single portal, to which there is an ascent by a flight of five small steps, and on the summit is the figure of the emperor in a quadriga. This, however, as Millin observes, is of the number of those, which ought to be excluded from the class of triumphal arches, properly so called, as may be perceived from the inscription. - See QVADRAGENS. REMISSAE.  Domitianus - On a large brass is the arch of that emperor, which he, the most pusillanimous of tyrants, had the effrontery to claim from the Senate, for a victory, which he never obtained, over the Germans and Dacians.  It is curiously represented, as formed of two stories, two arched portal occupying the lower one; the whole surmounted by two quadriga of elephants, with a triumpher in each, one facing to the right and the other to the left. - Engraved in King's Plates.

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