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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3463309, member: 82549&quot;]I just received this coin a few days ago. It&#039;s in rough shape, but I really like how the temple is shown in perspective.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]921024[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trajan, A.D. 98-117</p><p>Syria, Seleucia Pieria, AE22</p><p>Obv: AYTOKPA KAIC NEP TPAINOC APICT CEB ΔAK</p><p>Rev: CEΛEYKEΩN - ΠEIEPIAC - Sacred Stone of Zeus Kasios within tetrastyle temple, eagle on top of temple. Written below temple: SEYCA/KCIOC. Δ (=year 4) in lower right field.</p><p>BMC Greek (Galatia) 39 (p.274)</p><p>22mm, 13.9g</p><p><br /></p><p>Question: Does the Delta in the right field refer to year 4 of Trajan&#039;s reign, meaning that the coin was minted in 102-103 A.D., or to some other event?</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that John Anthony recently started a thread about the reverse of the &quot;temple on hill&quot; bronzes from Zeugma where he suggests (convincingly, in my opinion) that the hill is actually depicting a walled garden in front of the temple drawn in perspective: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/zeugma-peribolos-temple-bronzes-of-philip-i-and-ii.336587/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/zeugma-peribolos-temple-bronzes-of-philip-i-and-ii.336587/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/zeugma-peribolos-temple-bronzes-of-philip-i-and-ii.336587/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There is also this unusual campgate of Licinius II, photographed by Keith Metzer, that I found published on this web page about campgates by Zach Beasly:</p><p><img src="https://www.beastcoins.com/Topical/Architecture/LiciniusII-Rome-Campgate-3d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.beastcoins.com/Topical/Architecture/Campgate.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.beastcoins.com/Topical/Architecture/Campgate.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.beastcoins.com/Topical/Architecture/Campgate.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone else have any examples of the use of perspective on ancient coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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