Showing posts with label Tetrastyle Temple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tetrastyle Temple. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Figure 162

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Medallion from Laodicea ad Lycum. Struck under Caracalla (AD 198–217). Obv.: AYT K M AYP ANTΩNEINOC. Caracalla bust laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla (Year 88, AD 211–212). Rev.: ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩKOΡΩΝ TO ΠH three tetrastyle temples on a high podia; side-to-side 4 columns, left containing a statue of Caracalla (?), in the middle a four-column temple with the statue of Zeus with a scepter, and on the right a statue of Asclepius (SNGvA 2.3858).

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Figure 128

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Coin from Philadelphia Obv.: Showing the laureate head of Caracalla (AD 198–217) with inscription AYT K M AYR CE ANTWNEINOC, Magistrate Kl. Kapitonos. Rev.: EPI KL KAPITWNOC ARX A FL FILADELFEWN NEWKORWN, (neōkorōn). Depiction of a tetrastyle temple with curved architrave with Helios walking wearing short chiton and chlamys, and holding scepter over his shoulder (BMC 86 = SNGvA 2.3081).

Figure 123

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Coin from Philadelphia. (Struck under Septimius Severus). Obv.: IOYLIA CEBACTH. Portrait of Julia Domna (AD 170–217). Rev.: EPI DOKIMOY ARXONTOC FILADELFEWN, tetrastyle temple with statue of Aphrodite standing looking left, and dolphin at her foot (Apparently unpublished)

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