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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2811316, member: 42773"]Mt. Argaeus was by far the most repeated theme on the coinage of Caesarea Cappadocia. It is found on almost every denomination of every emperor. A few people have already posted their examples. Here is a drachm of Gordian III...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]657927[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mt. Argaeus is known today as Mt. Erciyes...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]657931[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A lesser known reverse type appears around the time of Trajan, bound ears of corn. These are far less common than the mountain, and they suggest that that corn played an important role in the agricultural economy of the region. Here are coins of Severus Alexander, with three ears, and Gordian III, with six...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]657938[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2811316, member: 42773"]Mt. Argaeus was by far the most repeated theme on the coinage of Caesarea Cappadocia. It is found on almost every denomination of every emperor. A few people have already posted their examples. Here is a drachm of Gordian III... [ATTACH=full]657927[/ATTACH] Mt. Argaeus is known today as Mt. Erciyes... [ATTACH=full]657931[/ATTACH] A lesser known reverse type appears around the time of Trajan, bound ears of corn. These are far less common than the mountain, and they suggest that that corn played an important role in the agricultural economy of the region. Here are coins of Severus Alexander, with three ears, and Gordian III, with six... [ATTACH=full]657938[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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