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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 7982754, member: 83845&quot;]Perhaps you just haven’t met the right one yet... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385288[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Great coins my friend! You have an impressive variety of temple coins for a collector that doesn’t specialize in architecture types.&nbsp; I especially like your large Artemis of Ephesus. Great detail of a fascinating subject.&nbsp; I saw what I believe is a Roman copy of the statue in the Vatican Museum a few years ago.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385279[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is an interesting type [USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER] .&nbsp; The reverse also shows additional detail in the temple and the inscription on the architrave.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if the temple of Artemis at Perge was really a distyle temple. I would assume that is just an artistic convention to show the important cult object but I’ve never seen a coin showing it as anything other than distyle. The temple itself has never been found and the sources I read in my research claim it was probably located on a hill outside the city. The only distyle temple I’ve seen is the Treasury of Athens at Delphi.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coin and thank you for the addition!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Great pair of Perge coins [USER=71599]@ancientone[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the kind words and great coins [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER] .&nbsp; I don’t recognize your AE13 off hand.&nbsp; My guess is that you’re correct in attributing the reverse to Artemis. I’ll let you know if I see a match in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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