(30-10-2017, 10:31 AM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I'm not convinced that the containers are really containers. As you indicate, the simple ones look like so many other things. And many of the more ornate ones really wouldn't work as containers, they look hugely impractical or overly complex, even compared to some of the most similar artefacts.
I find the altars you show interesting, though. Might they be meant for burning incense or the like? This might provide an explanation for some plants.
The altars on these particular coins are for making sacrifices, so they probably were the size of butchers' blocks. Whether there were smaller versions of them for the purposes of worship, I don't know, I haven't had a chance to investigate that, but small versions of temple/church altars are common in many cultures, so it's quite possible.