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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7497578, member: 75937&quot;]Nice coin and interesting reconstruction of a temple. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another from Marcianopolis. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin suggests that there may have been a Serapeum in Moesia Inferior, well-known to the inhabitants of the province, with a cult statue of Serapis posed in the manner depicted on this and similar coins. If so, online search engines reveal no mention of archaeological remains of such a structure.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-and-domna-markianopolis-temple-of-serapis-jpg.1195538/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Caracalla with Julia Domna, AD 198-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion, 25.5 mm, 12.01 g, 7 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Quintilianus, legatus consularis, AD 212-217.</p><p>Obv: ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑVΓVCΤΟC ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right vis-à-vis draped bust of Julia Domna left.</p><p>Rev: VΠ ΚVΝΤΙΛ-ΙΑΝ ΜΑΡΚΙΑ-NΟΠΟΛΙΤΩ-Ν, Tetrastyle temple with peaked roof and clipeus in pediment, statue of Serapis within, standing left, raising right hand and holding scepter; Є (mark of value) to left of Serapis.</p><p>Refs: AMNG 689 var.; H&amp;J <i>Marcianopolis</i>, 6.19.46.7 (same dies); Varbanov 1049; Moushmov 508; SNG Evelpides 812 var.; Lindgren II 713 var.; BMC 3. 30, 19 var.; SNRIS Marcianopolis 09[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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