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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2652772, member: 44132&quot;]I like the design of the coins.&nbsp; I like them so much, that on my last trip to Poland I made a point of shopping at a small coin shop where I found this one and, of course, purchased it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587128[/ATTACH] </p><p>CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM: Ariarathes V</p><p>AR Drachm</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Diademed head of Ariarathes V right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Athena standing left, holding Nike &amp; resting hand on grounded shield, HDI monogram in outer left field, PAFI monogram in inner left field, HF monogram in outer right field, date GL in exergue</p><p>Struck at Cappadocia, Year 33 (= 130 BC)</p><p>4.2g, 18mm</p><p>SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 673–678. Simonetta p. 24, 20b</p><p><br /></p><p>And some other coins from Cappadocia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587129[/ATTACH] </p><p>TRAJAN</p><p>AR Drachm</p><p>OBVERSE: AYT KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANO CEB ΓEΡM, laureate head right</p><p>REVERSE: ΔHMAΡX EΞ UΠAT Γ, Arabia standing left holding branch and cinnamon sticks, camel to left at feet.</p><p>Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, or Bostra, Arabia, 100 AD</p><p>3.45g 18mm</p><p>Sydenham183</p><p>ex Ken Dorney</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587130[/ATTACH] </p><p>ANTONIUS PIUSAE20</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; AYTOC ANTWNEUNOC CEBACTOC, laureate, draped bust right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; KAICAREW N T P ARGAI, Mt. Argaeus culminating in tall pyramidal top (baetyl?), ET Q in ex.</p><p>Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, AD 145-146</p><p>7.4g, 20mm</p><p>Syd 310 var</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587132[/ATTACH] </p><p>ANTONIUS PIUS</p><p>AR Didrachm</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; ANTWNEI-NOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; YPAT B PAT PATR, Helios, holding globe and sceptre, standing atop Mt. Argaeus; * in exergue</p><p>Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, 139 AD</p><p>6.2g, 21mm</p><p>Syd 301c</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587134[/ATTACH] </p><p>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</p><p>AR Drachm</p><p>OBVERSE: AY Λ CЄΠ CЄOYHPOC, laureate head right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; MHTPOΠO KAICAPIAC, Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star, ETЄ in ex</p><p>Struck at Cappadocia, Caesarea, Year 5=A.D. 196/7</p><p>2.58 g, 17mm</p><p>Sydenham 395</p><p>[ATTACH=full]587135[/ATTACH] </p><p>GORDIAN III</p><p>AR Drachm</p><p>OBVERSE: AY K M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; MHTPO KAIC B N, Mt. Argaeus, ETΔ in ex</p><p>Struck at Cappadocia, Caesarea, Year 4=A.D. 240-241</p><p>2.96g, 18.6mm</p><p>Sydenham 603d[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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