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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3225924, member: 56859&quot;]Great coin, Z!&nbsp; I remember when Steve and others posted the type and it has been on my radar since.&nbsp; You nabbed a fun example-- Caracalla looks like a delicate Greek beauty and the reverse is a Towering Inferno!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71QRE0F2H6L.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>None of my altars are as exciting.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/carustet-e3995-2-r2-jpg.530362/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Carus</b></p><p>undated, but struck apparently struck posthumously by his son Carinus in CE 283/4</p><p>tetradrachm, 19 mm, 7.7 gm, 12h</p><p>Obv: ΘEωKAPωCEB; Laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: AΦIEPωCIC; lit altar decorated with crossed palms, star in upper left field.</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3995.2, R2</p><p><i>ex JBGood</i></p><p><i>ex Keith Emmett Collection</i></p><p><i>ex Empire Coins, July 1982</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_14d97ef1b2d749a5a6a417ae8b49256a.jpg/v1/fill/w_850,h_444,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_14d97ef1b2d749a5a6a417ae8b49256a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGDOM OF PERSIS, Vadfradad (Autophradates) II</b></p><p>Mid-2nd century BC</p><p>AR hemidrachm, 2.06 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Vadfradad right with short beard, wearing diadem and kyrbasia adorned with eagle</p><p>Rev: fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above; to left, Vadfradad standing right; to right, vexillum standard surmounted by eagle</p><p>Ref: Sunrise 578</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nezakhunmed-jpg.308422/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Nezak Huns, Anonymous Napki Malik coinage </b></p><p>AR Drachm, 25 mm, 2.45 gm</p><p>Sixth Century AD</p><p>Obv: Bust right wearing headdress surmounted by bull&#039;s skull</p><p>Rev: Crude fire-altar with attendants</p><p>Ref: Göbl Hunnen Em 198.12.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]840982[/ATTACH]</p><p>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Antoninus Pius</p><p>AE drachm, regnal year 17</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head left</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Altar of Agathodaemon (there is debate about the identity of this structure)</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 1448.17</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago</i></p><p>This reverse type, which had previous seemed hard to find, was represented in abundance in that large lot Zumbly and I split!&nbsp; Unfortunately they were all low grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll refrain from flooding the thread with coins which have altars as a tiny part of the reverse scene.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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