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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2494678, member: 56859&quot;]I have an unusual bronze from Tarsus that I haven&#039;t shown before.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse depicts a Ciliarch crown.</p><p><br /></p><p>From CNG&#039;s archives:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The crown is that of the Ciliarch or Cilicarch, the High Priest of Cilicia who presided over provincial temples dedicated to certain emperors. The different busts that decorate this crown represent the various emperors who were honored with temples throughout the region.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately it is not possible to discern the identity of the seven emperors shown on this crown:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_d92213ea5d75472ba1e88381c6bb94f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_517,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_d92213ea5d75472ba1e88381c6bb94f5~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>CILICIA, Tarsus.&nbsp; Elagabalus</b></p><p>218-222 CE</p><p>Æ 23mm, 6.91 g, 12h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Ciliarch crown decorated with seven imperial portraits, ЄΛ, and KOIN monogram; A/MK in center of crown</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Cf. SNG France 1557 (similar type with five heads on crown); cf. SNG Levante 1079 (same); SNG Copenhagen 374 corr. (obv. legend)</p><p><i>From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind 125 (1 July 2002), no. 96</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Levante expanded the ЄΛ and KOIN monogram to ЄΛЄVΘЄPON KOINOBOVΛION (“free session of the assembly”).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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