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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4972569, member: 57495&quot;]Let&#039;s get back to Doug&#039;s request since I don&#039;t see a next theme posted with the last shown coin anyway.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>With Mount Argaios shown on these, who needs the city name spelled out anyway? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195040[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>LUCIUS VERUS</b></p><p>AR Didrachm. 6.64g, 21.4mm. CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia, AD 161-166 (Cos 2). Metcalf 131d; RPC Online Vol. 4, #7030. O: AYTOKP OYHPOC CEBACTOC, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: YΠATOC B, Mt. Argaeus with two large rocks at its base, left rock decorated with a deer leaping left, right rock with a tree; in the middle, a round stippled rock (wreathed in flames or surrounded by water?); on summit, Helios standing left, holding globe and long sceptre.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, when you don&#039;t have Mount Argaios depicted on the coin, and your city is one of the very many Caesareas around, maybe it&#039;s best to mention your famous mountain by name on the coin just to be on the safe side... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195041[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Assarion. 4.71g, 19.9mm. CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia, RY 14 (AD 150/1). RPC IV.3 Online Temp 6708; Henseler 236a. O: AY ANTΩNЄINOC CЄBAC, laureate head right. R: KAICAPЄΩN T ΠΡ APΓAIΩ (&quot;Caesarea at the Argaios&quot;) / ЄT ΔI, Turreted, veiled and draped bust of the city-goddess to right. </p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Another Cappadocian provincial not showing <i>that</i> Mountain[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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