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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4972079, member: 44316"]The interpretation of that reverse is controversial. In Butcher, <i>Coinage in Roman Syria</i>, the cited ID number describes it as "tetrastyle temple containing statue of Zeus (?) facing, on a rocky hill, buildings at base and colonnade or steps up the sides, Capricorn right or left in exergue." [page 465]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, it is a hill with a smaller top than bottom, not perspective viewing a courtyard from above with the far side depicted shorter. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have been paying attention to perspective on ancient coins and coin that use the modern conception of further away is smaller are very few and far between.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this thread on perspective:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/perspective.279926/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/perspective.279926/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/perspective.279926/</a></p><p>most of the coins do <b>not</b> have vanishing-point type perspective. Seeing something at an angle is not the same as "further away is smaller." Something, like a building or chariot can be viewed not square on, but at an angle, in order to give an impression of depth. But it still might not use the modern "vanishing point" idea of expressing depth which is what is normally called "perspective."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4972079, member: 44316"]The interpretation of that reverse is controversial. In Butcher, [I]Coinage in Roman Syria[/I], the cited ID number describes it as "tetrastyle temple containing statue of Zeus (?) facing, on a rocky hill, buildings at base and colonnade or steps up the sides, Capricorn right or left in exergue." [page 465] So, it is a hill with a smaller top than bottom, not perspective viewing a courtyard from above with the far side depicted shorter. I have been paying attention to perspective on ancient coins and coin that use the modern conception of further away is smaller are very few and far between. In this thread on perspective: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/perspective.279926/[/URL] most of the coins do [B]not[/B] have vanishing-point type perspective. Seeing something at an angle is not the same as "further away is smaller." Something, like a building or chariot can be viewed not square on, but at an angle, in order to give an impression of depth. But it still might not use the modern "vanishing point" idea of expressing depth which is what is normally called "perspective."[/QUOTE]
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