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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 24852909, member: 128351&quot;]You are right, it&#039;s a simplification of the Tychaion architetural frame. We can say that in Antioch : here is a (much worn, sorry, that&#039;s the only one I got) 8 assaria of Philip the Arab &amp; Son :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1592690[/ATTACH]</p><p>(coin minted c 248)</p><p><br /></p><p>But three centuries later the same monument, simplified, is depicted on this Byzantine pentanummion of Justin I :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1592691[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>it&#039;s the same statue, but the architecture shown here is just the two central columns supporting the arch. Lateral columns and roof with triangular pediment are implied.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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