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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 7993395, member: 83845&quot;]That is a nice example with great centering and detail. Thanks for sharing and for the kind words.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Glad you enjoyed it [USER=87186]@LaCointessa[/USER] and thank you for the kind words. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice example [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER] ! It is very similar in style to mine. I can even see that the figures on your example are human shaped which is what I really liked about my example.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] !&nbsp; I like you avatar designs. As I have said many times I am impressed by your creative design skills. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coin HWE! That is a nicely detailed example showing both the temple and the cult statue inside.&nbsp; Very impressive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just for fun here are a couple of my favorite temple coins. One showing the cult statue and the other just the temple.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386694[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386695[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m still quite fascinated by the fact that the Temple of Artemis at Perge always appears as distyle.&nbsp; I went back and looked through my photos and confirmed that the only distyle temple I have seen was the Treasury of Athens at Delphi.&nbsp; Below are the photos I took of it when I visited Delphi a few years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386698[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386699[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I did however find another example of a distyle temple in Spain that was dedicated to Trajan so I guess it is possible that the Temple of Artemis at Perge was distyle.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1386700[/ATTACH]</p><p>Imagine from <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_small_votive_temple,_distyle_in_antis,_of_Tuscan_order_with_a_single_cella,_built_by_a_man_named_Caius_Julius_Lacer,_and_dedicated_to_the_Roman_emperor_Trajan_and_the_Roman_Gods,_Spain_(26704613268).jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_small_votive_temple,_distyle_in_antis,_of_Tuscan_order_with_a_single_cella,_built_by_a_man_named_Caius_Julius_Lacer,_and_dedicated_to_the_Roman_emperor_Trajan_and_the_Roman_Gods,_Spain_(26704613268).jpg" rel="nofollow">Wikimedia Commons</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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