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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7489866, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s very interesting, [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER], a wonderful acquisition for your collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing similar I have is this one from Zeugma, which depicts an aerial view of a colonnaded grove before a temple:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philip-ii-zeugma-peribolos-jpg.937630/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Philip II, AD 244-249 (or 247-249).</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 28.0 mm, 14.93 g, 12 h.</p><p>Syria: Commagene, Zeugma.</p><p>Obv: AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ZЄYΓMATЄΩN, tetrastyle temple, before which is a grove; colonnade on right and left; portico in front. Capricorn right in exergue.</p><p>Refs: Sear 4142; BMC 40; Butcher 31c; SNC 60-62.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin has almost a 3-D effect when viewed obliquely.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/20191103_140254-jpg.1018593/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some numismatists have advanced the theory that it -- and many other coins -- were specifically designed to be viewed obliquely. See [USER=57463]@kaparthy[/USER]&#039;s <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/viewing-coins-obliquely-3-d-images-on-ancient-coins.349565/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/viewing-coins-obliquely-3-d-images-on-ancient-coins.349565/">featured article</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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