Seite - 817 - in Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court - The Antique as Innovation, Band 2

817Student of Antiquity Strada appears to have derived some elements from a coin type of Nero, de- picting a triumphal arch [Fig. 15.24], for his drawing of the reverse of an un- identifed, probably spurious coin he assigned to Vespasian [Fig. 15.25]. But his drawing again shows a wealth of detail which could never have been readable in his model. In fact, such Mannerist detail looks suspiciously similar to that of ephemeral arches designed for festive entries of Strada’s own time, to which he occasionaly contributed designs, rather than to the still existing antique Figures 15.19–15.20 Reverse of a coin of Trajan, showing the Circus Maximus, compared to Strada’s design of a similar type, in his Vienna Series, ÖNB-HS, ms. 9414, fol. 96. Figures 15.21–15.22 Reverse of coin of Trajan, showing a bridge (?) and Strada’s drawing of a similar type, in his Vienna Series, önb-hs, ms. 9414, fol. 88, interpreting it as a boathouse or a theatre for staging naval battles or Naumachia.