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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3197222, member: 44316&quot;]I used to read in the literature that is was a courtyard. If so, it would be a very unusual use of perspective. I have studied the matter and the use of perspective in which the near side of a rectangle is longer than the far side is rare on ancient coins. I started a thread about perspective in June 2016 CT:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/perspective.279926/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/perspective.279926/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/perspective.279926/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I don&#039;t think the OP Philip coins show a temple with a rectangular enclosure with columns around, rather a mountaintop temple with staircases up the sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>Butcher in <i>Coinage in Roman Syria</i> describes it &quot;Tetrastyle temple containing seated statue of Zeus(?), facing, on rocky hill. Buildings at base and colonnades or steps up the sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Otacilia Severa example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]826687[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>29 mm. 16.65 grams.</p><p>Zeugma.</p><p>Butcher CRS Zeugma 31b &quot;probably struck at Antioch.&quot;</p><p>Sear Greek Imperial 4056</p><p>Lindgren III 11323a[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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