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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24831412, member: 26430"]Interesting theory about the Baalbek and the shrine.</p><p><br /></p><p>But note that the type you linked is a different building and doesn't have a reverse legend (just year).</p><p><br /></p><p>That's the so-called "Triumphal Arch." It is the common type (Emmett 602) struck in 7 different different regnal years (some are rare, others very common). This is also what HJB mistook it for.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ΒΑΛΑΝΗΟΥ type (Emmett 603) was only struck in Year 12, and does not have any arches between the columns, or those panels with the square statues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also note, on the ΒΑΛΑΝΗΟΥ type, the Corinthian Order columns with the decorated volutes on the type I posted. Clearly a different structure.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it becomes possible to identify it, it should involve those details of architecture. (From my bibliography, almost a dozen books and articles on Alexandrian coinage over the past 100+ years have puzzled over the ΒΑΛΑΝΗΟΥ coins in detail, back-and-forth, so I leave it to them, at least for the moment. I will note, though, that many large bath complexes did have such arches and other comparable entry structures, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baths_of_Caracalla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baths_of_Caracalla" rel="nofollow">including Caracalla's</a>, and <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3794/the-bath-gymnasium-complex-at-sardis/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3794/the-bath-gymnasium-complex-at-sardis/" rel="nofollow">the one at Sardis</a>, compare also <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4456378" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4456378" rel="nofollow">Sev. Alex's Nymphaeum coinage</a>, so I don't see a reason to rule it out on <i>those</i> grounds.)</p><p><br /></p><p>(Dattari had 3; Aiello has/had one; there are several in museum collections, possibly incl. <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4287.2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4287.2" rel="nofollow">the Jungfleish sale specimen, which is the best known to depict this building/legend</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure which regnal year, but the Art Institute coin is (or was once!) one of these types from RPC vol III (all Emmett 602):</p><ul> <li>Illustrated by various numbers of specimens & regnal years: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4337.2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4337.2" rel="nofollow">4337.2</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.3" rel="nofollow">4456.3</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.5" rel="nofollow">4456.5</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.1" rel="nofollow">4547.1</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.2" rel="nofollow">4547.2</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.3" rel="nofollow">4547.3</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.4" rel="nofollow">4547.4</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4696.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4696.1" rel="nofollow">4696.1</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4696.2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4696.2" rel="nofollow">4696.2</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4955.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4955.1" rel="nofollow">4955.1</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4955.2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4955.2" rel="nofollow">4955.2</a></li> <li>Not illustrated: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4337.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4337.1" rel="nofollow">4337.1</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.1" rel="nofollow">4456.1</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.2" rel="nofollow">4456.2</a></li> <li>Head left: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.4" rel="nofollow">4456.4</a></li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24831412, member: 26430"]Interesting theory about the Baalbek and the shrine. But note that the type you linked is a different building and doesn't have a reverse legend (just year). That's the so-called "Triumphal Arch." It is the common type (Emmett 602) struck in 7 different different regnal years (some are rare, others very common). This is also what HJB mistook it for. The ΒΑΛΑΝΗΟΥ type (Emmett 603) was only struck in Year 12, and does not have any arches between the columns, or those panels with the square statues. Also note, on the ΒΑΛΑΝΗΟΥ type, the Corinthian Order columns with the decorated volutes on the type I posted. Clearly a different structure. If it becomes possible to identify it, it should involve those details of architecture. (From my bibliography, almost a dozen books and articles on Alexandrian coinage over the past 100+ years have puzzled over the ΒΑΛΑΝΗΟΥ coins in detail, back-and-forth, so I leave it to them, at least for the moment. I will note, though, that many large bath complexes did have such arches and other comparable entry structures, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baths_of_Caracalla']including Caracalla's[/URL], and [URL='https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3794/the-bath-gymnasium-complex-at-sardis/']the one at Sardis[/URL], compare also [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4456378']Sev. Alex's Nymphaeum coinage[/URL], so I don't see a reason to rule it out on [I]those[/I] grounds.) (Dattari had 3; Aiello has/had one; there are several in museum collections, possibly incl. [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4287.2']the Jungfleish sale specimen, which is the best known to depict this building/legend[/URL].) I'm not sure which regnal year, but the Art Institute coin is (or was once!) one of these types from RPC vol III (all Emmett 602): [LIST] [*]Illustrated by various numbers of specimens & regnal years: [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4337.2']4337.2[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.3']4456.3[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.5']4456.5[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.1']4547.1[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.2']4547.2[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.3']4547.3[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4547.4']4547.4[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4696.1']4696.1[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4696.2']4696.2[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4955.1']4955.1[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4955.2']4955.2[/URL] [*]Not illustrated: [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4337.1']4337.1[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.1']4456.1[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.2']4456.2[/URL] [*]Head left: [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4456.4']4456.4[/URL] [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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