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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2847548, member: 42634&quot;]Nice coin for a 60 spot [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER]&nbsp; !</p><p><br /></p><p>I have this AE, also with the altar.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]675128[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Elagabalus, 220 AD, Caesarea, Cappadocia.</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>O: AYKMAYPH AI ANTWNE (INOC) R: r:i MHTPO(PI)KAICAPIA C mount Argaeus atop altar, ET (gamma), 26x28mm 10.0g syd 523 </p><p><br /></p><p>What exactly is going on with the altar?&nbsp; The Sayles book on Roman Provincials says&nbsp; it&#039;s a &quot;model&quot; on an altar.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it a statue like thing on an altar?&nbsp; Is it a metaphorical depiction or was this like a real thing?&nbsp; I&#039;ve never quite understood what this was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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