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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2444068, member: 19463&quot;]When I&nbsp; saw this thread I though &#039;Great, I&#039;ll get to show my Fonteius galley!&#039;&nbsp; No that is what you were showing.&nbsp; It is a bit more than perspective being peeled apart and flattened out exaggerating the situation but it is so far ahead of its time IMHO.&nbsp; There are some dies of this coin that are a great deal less successful than the ones shown here and small flans sometimes cut the back side oars ruining the effect.&nbsp; I still like Bing&#039;s coin best.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A different perspective is provided by coins of Zeugma showing an almost aerial view of a temple with grove of trees inside a wall before it.&nbsp; I have it in Antoninus Pius and Philip I.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]509776[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]509777[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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