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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 3454462, member: 42773&quot;]They aren&#039;t exactly rare - more like fairly scarce, but still, it isn&#039;t every day you come across seven in one place (unless you work at CNG perhaps). So what the heck, I bought them all.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most interesting thing about the type is that it&#039;s a rare instance of the use of perspective on ancient coins. At first glance, the temple appears to be on some sort of flattened pyramidal structure, but look again! It&#039;s not a two-dimensional image. A <i>peribolos</i> is a walled garden area typically found near ancient temples. In this case it bounds a grove of trees and you are seeing it narrow as it gets closer to the temple, which is at the far end.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve altered the traditional attribution of these coins to point out the use of perspective...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>COMMAGENE, Zeugma. Philip II. </b>247-249 AD.</p><p>Æ28, 14.9g; 6h</p><p>Obv.: AYTOK K M IOYΛI ФIΛIΠΠOC CЄB; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev.: ZЄYGM-ATЄΩN; Peribolos containing grove of trees, seen in perspective; tetrastyle temple in distance, draped figure within (Zeus?); in exergue, capricorn to right.</p><p>Reference: Butcher 31c; BMC 35.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some sources attribute these to Philip I, some to Philip II (the busts could be of either I suppose). CNG has taken to describing them as &quot;Struck during the reign of Philip I and II.&quot; The capricorn most likely refers to Legio IIII Scythia (the capricorn was their official symbol), stationed in the area keeping the Parthians at bay since the time of Marc Antony.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I came across a dealer with 7 of them. Here are four (I just haven&#039;t imaged the others, but they are comparable)...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ibb.co/QpFJ1WD/Phil-Zeug1-600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ibb.co/wKYs9k3/Phil-Zeug2-600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ibb.co/725vLfw/Phil-Zeug3-600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ibb.co/mC4zqY8/Phil-Zeug4-600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gotta love big gnarly provincial bronzes amirite? Some of them have countermarks recorded by Howgego: an eagle and an anchor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your coins of Zeugma, or any ancient coin that attempts visual perspective.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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