It could also be a die polishing that went below the field level into the incuse earlobe area. Any die material removed from the field in that area will leave a raised area on the coins struck with the die. On a doubled earlobe, The affected areas would be raised upwards quite a bit more. Click to enlarge this image and you can see all the doubled ears are raised:
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