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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4918805, member: 57495&quot;]Great coin, with nice clear devices.&nbsp; I believe the deer is meant to be there, but is probably worn away on most examples.&nbsp; It was also what attracted me to the one I bought, which also shows a tree or plant on the right rock. Mine, however, is RPC 7030.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185392[/ATTACH]<b>LUCIUS VERUS</b></p><p>AR Didrachm. 6.64g, 21.4mm. CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea, 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 mine, between the two large rocks at the base are two smaller round rocks flanking something else that does not appear to be just another small rock.&nbsp; I&#039;ve no idea what it might be meant to depict.&nbsp; The entranceway of a shrine maybe?&nbsp; In any case, it certainly looks different compared to yours with the smaller stippled rock.</p><p><br /></p><p>The entry for RPC 7027 lists as examples Metcalf Hoard 694-718, but unfortunately only illustrates that one example that you show above.&nbsp;&nbsp; The ANS digital library has that Metcalf paper <a href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan171384" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan171384" rel="nofollow">online</a>, including the plates that show those coins, but the image is so small that I can&#039;t make out the details clearly.&nbsp; From what I can tell, most do seem to have three objects like the illustrated example rather than one like on yours, but a few, 718 for example, <i>may</i> have just one object?&nbsp; The varieties listed on RPC seem to make a distinction based only on bust type and what surmounts the mountain, so I suspect more minor variations wouldn&#039;t qualify for a separate number.&nbsp; Still, I think it&#039;s worth submitting your coin to them to see what they say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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