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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7739437, member: 110350&quot;]Very nice example! Same type as mine, although on mine the globe is shaped like a pineapple and the cornucopiae looks kind of like a headless crocodile.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucius Verus AR Denarius 161-162 AD. Obv. Bare head right, IMP L AUREL VERVS AVG/ Rev. Providentia standing left holding globe and cornucopiae, PROV DEOR TR P II COS II. RIC III (Marcus Aurelius) 482, RSC II 155. 16 mm., 3.59 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1325254[/ATTACH]</p><p>And here&#039;s a didrachm from Caesarea in Cappadocia, with Mt. Argaeus on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucius Verus AR Didrachm 161-166 AD, Caesarea, Cappadocia. Obv. Bare head right, ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ / Rev. Mt. Argaeus (or cult image of same), surmounted by statue of Helios standing three-quarters left with long scepter in left hand and globe in right; flames to left and right on sides of mountain; animal [deer?] bounding left at bottom far left of mountain in front of large rock; tree in front of large rock at bottom far right; smaller rock dotted with trees[?] at bottom center; ΥΠΑ-ΤΟϹ Β [= COS II].&nbsp; RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Online Vol. IV.3 7027 (temp.) [<i>rev. var</i>.] (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7027" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7027" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7027</a>);&nbsp; Sydenham 352 [<i>rev. var</i>.] [Sydenham, E., <i>The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia </i>(London 1933)]; Metcalf, Caesarea 131a [<i>rev. var</i>.] [Metcalf, W.E., <i>The Silver Coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus</i>. ANSNNM (American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Notes &amp; Monographs) No. 166 (New York 1996)]; SNG von Aulock 6438 [<i>rev. var</i>.] [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock,</i> <i>Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia</i> (Berlin 1962)]. 20 mm., 6.70 g., 6 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1325257[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: Not that I&#039;m obligated to explain, but in the unlikely event that anyone&#039;s noticed that I&#039;ve hardly been posting lately, I&#039;ve been quite ill the last couple of weeks, and just haven&#039;t had the energy to write anything up.&nbsp; I&#039;m several new Roman Republican coins behind, plus an interesting Alexandrian tetradrachm of Trajan that I ordered from France, with a quadriga of elephants on the reverse. Not in the greatest shape, but I couldn&#039;t resist. Maybe by the time it arrives, I&#039;ll be feeling better and will be able to post it soon thereafter.&nbsp; Meanwhile, I still try to &quot;like&quot; as many people&#039;s posts and comments as I can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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