Architectura numismatica; or, Architectural medals of classic antiquity: illustrated and explained by comparison with the monuments and the descriptions of ancient authors, and copious text. One hundred lithographs and woodcuts (1859)
Donaldson, Thomas Leverton, 1795-1885 · London, Day & son · leaf 142
• ATP • ANTilNEINOC IMPerator • Caius • Marcus • AVEelius • ANTONINUS On the reverse is the representation of a columnarerection, with the word lEPAC above and BTBAOSin the exergue beneath. The term lega^, observesEckhel (vol. iii. p. 359), is probably derived from thecircumstance, that Adonis, the… … TABERNACLE OP ASTARTE AT BYBLOS. 81 although many belong to cities of higher reputedsacredness, gives to Byblos an odour of great sanctity.It may also be noticed, that this maritime city was ofvenerable antiquity, since Sanchoniathon attributes itsorigin to Saturn, and later to the goddess Baaltis,…
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