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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2523123, member: 56859&quot;]Happy birthday, my handsome and popular big brother!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a coin I haven&#039;t shown before. </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_85/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</i></p><p><i>Ex Cederlind 125 (1 July 2002), no. 96</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>The reverse shown a crown 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.&nbsp; Unfortunately I can&#039;t discern the identities of the individuals shown on this crown.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure if they&#039;ve been identified on any of these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Levante expanded the ЄΛ and KOIN monogram to ЄΛЄVΘЄPON KOINOBOVΛION (“free session of the assembly”)</p><p><br /></p><p>Some information from Curtis Clay (<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=24366.5;wap2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=24366.5;wap2" rel="nofollow">Forvm post</a>):</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The Cilicarch (note spelling with added C, since it derives from &quot;Cilicia&quot;) is the High Priest of Cilicia. His most important function was as chief priest of the provincial temple or temples of the emperors.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The busts on his crown, which vary considerably from depiction to depiction, are those of the emperors and empresses who were honored in those provincial temples.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Tarsus had temples of Hadrian and Sept. Sev., so the crown of the Cilicarch retained its depictions of those imperial families even under Max. Thrax.&nbsp; Whether new emperors upon their accessions were regularly added to the cult in the established provincial temples, and their busts added to the crown of the Cilicarch, I cannot say.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Source:&nbsp; R. Ziegler, Städtisches Prestige und kaiserliche Politik, Studien zum Festwesen in Ostkilikien im 2. und 3. Jh. n. Chr., Düsseldorf 1985.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Jochen&#039;s coin:&nbsp; SNG Levante 1092 var.; SNG Paris 1594-5 (both same dies as Jochen&#039;s).</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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