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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 24832529, member: 128351&quot;]You are right, the tooled coin from Chicago must be one of the &quot;triumphal arch&quot; coins with a reverse copied from the Domitian Alexandrian triumphal arch reverse. The date &quot;L I&quot; is a mere result of tooling, as is the central square panel. </p><p>It is very clear that the tetrastyle facade is derived from this triumphal arch : the upper half of the monument (pediment, attic, quadriga, trophies) is identical. It&#039;s just the lower half that&#039;s different, with the absence of arches and square panels between the 4 columns and a garland between the 2 central columns. I wonder what the die-cutters intended to represent... Certainly not a bath, I don&#039;t see any parallel. The four columns are not evenly spaced, the central gap is larger.</p><p>I am convinced we should investigate the <i>Balanion</i> hypothesis. It must have been something exceptional for Alexandrians, for they added on the exergue a legend in full letters at the genitive form...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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