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<p>[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 7746584, member: 104741"]Thanks for the write-up, [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>No Roman columns here. But let's go to Sicily instead.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Lovely climate, not far from Rome, and they built some great temples...[ATTACH=full]1326158[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sicily, Akragas, c. 400-380 BC. Æ Hemilitron (28mm, 20.01g, 3h). Diademed head of river-god l. R/ Eagle standing l. on Ionic column, head r.; crab to l., six pellets to r. CNS I, 89; SNG ANS 1097-1101; HGC 2, 139.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've always wondered why the eagle on coins from Akragas should stand on an Ionic column. The people were originally Dorians and the city's temples were all built in Doric style. Food for thought...</p><p><br /></p><p>And please feel free to overlook the embarrassing tooling on the obverse...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ignoramus Maximus, post: 7746584, member: 104741"]Thanks for the write-up, [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER]! No Roman columns here. But let's go to Sicily instead.:) Lovely climate, not far from Rome, and they built some great temples...[ATTACH=full]1326158[/ATTACH] Sicily, Akragas, c. 400-380 BC. Æ Hemilitron (28mm, 20.01g, 3h). Diademed head of river-god l. R/ Eagle standing l. on Ionic column, head r.; crab to l., six pellets to r. CNS I, 89; SNG ANS 1097-1101; HGC 2, 139. I've always wondered why the eagle on coins from Akragas should stand on an Ionic column. The people were originally Dorians and the city's temples were all built in Doric style. Food for thought... And please feel free to overlook the embarrassing tooling on the obverse...:([/QUOTE]
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