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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5416372, member: 110350&quot;]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)]; <i>Metcalf Hoard</i> 694-718 &amp; PL 39-40 [<i>rev. var</i>.] [<i>see id</i>.]; 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]1234994[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: another coin depicting Mt. Argaeus -- either the mountain itself or a model of the mountain on an altar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add: Curses, foiled again![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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