The "Marsyas of the Forum" image on Roman city coins of the Southern Levant.
This article assembles all 'Marsyas of the Forum' depictions appearing on city-coins from the Southern Levant (particularly in the region between Antioch and Alexandria) and examines the reasons for and the importance of their inclusion on the coins. Marsyas was meant to manifest the city's status a...
| Publicado en: | Scripta Classica Israelica Vol. 40; pp. 169 - 203 |
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Israeli Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies
2021
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