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<p>[QUOTE="J. J., post: 6467599, member: 118499"]Why do you completely ignore the symbolic aspect of the image stamped on the coin? Of course, you can prefer literality, but then I wonder which monument you would attribute to this: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4395" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4395" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4395</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's obvious that it is the Pharos. You know that, I know that, and they know that (they call it specifically <i>the Pharos</i>, not <i>a lighthouse</i>): <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5673" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5673" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5673</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But it seems that they are not so sure in terms of the coins depicting a sphinx: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2645" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2645" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2645</a> You wouldn't find <i>the Great Sphinx</i> in the RPC volumes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="J. J., post: 6467599, member: 118499"]Why do you completely ignore the symbolic aspect of the image stamped on the coin? Of course, you can prefer literality, but then I wonder which monument you would attribute to this: [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4395[/URL] It's obvious that it is the Pharos. You know that, I know that, and they know that (they call it specifically [I]the Pharos[/I], not [I]a lighthouse[/I]): [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5673[/URL] But it seems that they are not so sure in terms of the coins depicting a sphinx: [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2645[/URL] You wouldn't find [I]the Great Sphinx[/I] in the RPC volumes.[/QUOTE]
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