Aegae or Aigai, in the mountains of Aeolis, in northwest Asia Minor
Not to be confused with a similarly named town in Cilicia.
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| BMC 7 | Aigai, Aeolis, 300-200 BC, AE9, 0.88 gr. Laureate head of Apollo right / AIΓAE, forepart of goat right. SNG Cop 2; Weber 5464; BMC 7; cf Sear Greece 4166. | Text | Image |
| BMC 10 | Aegae, Aeolis AE17. 2nd - 1st Century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right. / AIΓAEΩN, goat standing right. BMC 10, SNG Cop 10. | Text | Image |
| BMC 15 var | Aigai, Aeolis, AE13, 2nd-1st century BC, 1.52 gr. Helmeted head of Athena right / AIΓAE, Lyre. This reverse legend apparently unpublished. Usually with AIΓA only (SNG von Aulock 7669; Weber 5468; BMC 15; SNG Cop 13; SNG Tuebingen 2683 etc.) | Text | Image |
| BMC 16 | Aegae, Aeolis. AE25, semi-autonomous issue. AD 198-217. Magistrate Philadelphos. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, bare-headed, draped bust of the Senate right / EΠI CTΡ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY AIΓAEΩ-N, Homonoia standing left by altar, holding patera and cornucopiae. BMC 16. | Text | Image |
| BMC 19 | Aegae, Aeolis, AE17. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, draped bust of Senate right ?/ AIΓAEΩN, Athena standing left, holding spear, shield and statuette of Nike ?. BMC 19 var (obv with Tyche. | Text | Image |
| BMC 20 | Aegae, Aeolis, 44-30 BC. AE16, 4.48 gr. AIΓH, turreted and draped bust of Tyche left / AIΓAEΩN, Apollo standing left, holding branch and resting left elbow on column. BMC 20. | Text | Image |
| G and M 160, 1477 | Aegae, Aeolis, civic issue, AE16, 1st century BC. 2.52 g. Draped bust of Hermes right, wearing petatos. / AIΓAEΩN, forepart of goat right. AΣI monogram to left, ΠBXΔ monogram to right. Unpublished monogram pair. Gorny-Mosch 160, 1477. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof MG 209 | Aegae, Aeolis, AE15, semi-autonomous issue, AD 253-268. Bearded head of Herakles right. / AIΓAEΩN, Harpokrates, naked, standing slightly left, holding cornucopiae and raising right hand to his mouth. Imhoof MG 209; SNG Cop 21. | Text | Image |
| Kapossy 14 | Aegae, Aeolis. AE13, 300-200 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / AIΓAE, forepart of goat standing right. Kapossy 14; Bern inv. 89-9. | Text Text | Image Image |
| Mueller Coll. 1952 | Aegae, Aeolis, 3rd C. BC. AE10, 0.51 g. Laureate head of Apollo right / AI-ΓA.., goat's head right, magistrate's name ΠYΘIΠΠOΣ below. Unpublished with magistrate's name. Roland Mueller Collection, no. 1952. | Text | Image |
| Righetti III 363 | Aegae, Aeolis, civic issue, AE16, 1st century BC. 2.52 g. Draped bust of Hermes right, wearing petatos. AIΓAEΩN, forepart of goat right. AΔIT monogram to left, AΔTK monogram to right. Righetti sale III, 363. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2431A | Aegae, Aeolis. AE19 semi-autonomous issue, ca AD 69-79. 3.49 g. EΠI NEMEONIKOY, helmeted head of Athena left, with aegis. / AIΓAEΩN, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. RPC I 2431A; Naumann 45, 427. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 1 | Aegae, Aeolis AE16. 3rd century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / AIΓ, goat's head right. SNG Cop 1-3, BMC 2-4. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 4 | Aegae, Aeolis AE 10mm. 3rd century BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of goat right. SNG Cop 4, BMC 6-8. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 6 | Aegae, Aeolis AR Tetradrachm. After 165 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, quiver and bow at neck / AIΓAIEΩN, Zeus standing half-left, holding eagle and sceptre, ΩΠY monogram before; all within oak-wreath. SNG von Aulock 1594, BMC 9, SNG Cop 6. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 7 | Aegae, Aeolis AE18. 2nd-1st century BC. Helmeted head of Athena right [c/m: owl] / AIΓAIΩN, Zeus walking left, holding eagle and sceptre. SNG Cop 7. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 8 | Aegae, Aeolis AE10. 2nd-1st Century BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / AIΓAEΩN, naked Zeus standing half right holding eagle and sceptre, three monograms (AP, TA and ΩΔI to left. SNGCop 8, BMC 11-13. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 9 | Aegae, Aeolis, 2nd-1st. C. BC. AE16, 4.48 gr. Helmeted head of Athena right / AIΓAEΩN, Zeus standing facing, holding eagle and sceptre, three monograms in left field. SNG Cop 9; cf SNG vA 1597 (monograms); cf Sear Greece 4167. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 12 | Aegae, Aeolis AE16. 2nd-1st Century BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / AIΓAEΩN, Nike standing left holding wreath and palm, ΩNΡ monogram to left, ΓV monogram to right. SNGCop 12, BMC 14. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 13 | Aegae, Aeolis AE12. 3rd century BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / AIΓA, lyre. SNG Cop 13; BMC 15. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 16 | Aegeae, Aeolis. AE15, 3.26g. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC; draped bust of youthful Senate right / AIΓAEΩN, lyre. Mionnet, Supp. VI, p. 2, 7; SNG Cop. 16. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 17 | Aegae, Aeolis. AE23, semi-autonomous issue, AD 193-211. Magistrate Aur. Apollodoros. 6.73 g. IEΡA CYNKΛHTOC, bare-headed, draped bust of the Senate right. / EΠ CTΡ AY AΠOΛΛOΔΩΡOY AIΓAEΩN, Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae. SNG Cop 17. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 19 | Aegae, Aeolis AE20, semi-autonomous issue. ca AD 253-268. AIΓH, radiate and draped bust of the Amazon Aegae left, holding bipennis over shoulder / AIΓAEΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG Cop 19; Imhoof Nomisma II, 1; Mionnet III, 9; Pellerin Villes II 53.1. | Text | Image |
| SNG Munich 356 | Aegae, Aeolis, AE civic issue, 3rd c. BC. 3.84 g. Laureate head of Apollo right / AIΓAE, head and neck of goat right. SNG Munich 356. | Text | Image |
| Waddington 1254 | Aegae, Aeolis, AE11 civic issue, 3rd c. BC. Helmeted head of Athena right. / AIΓAE, head of goat right. Waddington 1254. | Text | Image |
| Weber 5467 | Aegae, Aeolis AE 13mm. 2nd-1st century BC. Head of Hermes right wearing petasos / AIΓAIEΩN below forepart of goat right, HVΡ and ΩΠA monograms to left and right. Weber 5467; Prokesch-Osten Inedita 2 in Denkschriften 1854. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| RPC 2427 | Augustus AE20 of Aegae, Aeolis. 10-1 BC. Magistrate Diphilos Phaita. AIΓAEΩN ΣEBAΣTOΣ, bare head right / ΔIΦOΛOΣ ΦAITA AΓΩNΩΘETAΣ, Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch. RPC 2427, Imhoof GM 241; AMC I 1247; SNG Righetti 813. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2428 | Caius and Lucius, Caesars, AE16 of Aegae, Aeolis. Diphilos Phaita, agonothete. AIΓEΩN ΛEYKION, bare head of Lucius Caesar right / ΓAION ΔIΦIΛOC ΦAITA AΓΩNOΘETAC, bare head of Caius Caesar right. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2429A | Claudius AE19 of Aegae, Aeolis. Magistrate Apollodoros. TI KΛAYΔIOC KAICAΡ CEBACTOC, laureate head right / EΠI AΠOΛΛOΔΩΡOY ΠO YIOY CAΛEOY around, AIΓAEΩN downwards to left, Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch. RPC I 2429A; Paris 28; SNG Cop 22. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2429B | Claudius AE20 of Aegae, Aeolis. Magistrate Apollodoros. TI KΛAYΔIOC KAICAΡ CEBACTOC, laureate head right / EΠI AΠOΛΛOΔΩΡOY ΠO YIOY CAΛEOY, AIΓ-AEΩN, around and across fields, Apollo standing right, holding taenia and laurel branch. RPC I 2429B; Paris 29; SNG von Aulock 7672. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2430 | Valeria Messalina AE17 of Aegae, Aeolis. CEBACTH MECAΛEINA, draped bust right / AIΓAEION, Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre. SNG Copenhagen 23. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2431 | Britannicus AE16 of Aegae, Aeolis. Chaleos, magistrate. BΡITANNIKOC KAICAΡ, bare head right / AIΓAEΩN EΠI CAΛE-OY, Zeus standing left holding eagle and sceptre. | Text | Image |
| RPC II 967 | Vespasian, AE15 of Aegae, Aeolis. 69-79 AD. OYEΣΠAΣIANOΣ KAIΣAΡ, laureate head left / EΠI AΠOΛΛΩNIOY NEMEONIKOY AIΓAEΩN around and to left of Apollo standing right, holding branch and taenia. RPC 967; SNG Cop. 24. | Text | Image |
| RPC II 968 | Titus and Domitian AE19 of Aegae, Aeolis. CEBACTΩN, laureate head of Titus facing laureate bust of Domitian / EΠI AΠOΛΛΩNIOY NEMEONIKOY around, AIΓAEΩN vertically to left, Apollo standing right holding laurel branch and taenia. BMC 22, SNG Cop 25. | Text | Image |
| RPC II 969 | Titus and Domitian AE18 of Aegae, Aeolis. CEBACTΩN, laureate head of Titus facing draped bust of Domitian / EΠI AΠOΛΛΩNIOY NEMEONIKOY AIΓ-AIΩ-N, Isis standing facing, looking left, holding sistrum and jug. | Text | Image |
| RPC III, 1923 | Sabina AE15 of Aegae, Aeolis. CEBACTH CABEINA, diademed draped bust right / EΠI CTΡA ΦΛABIOY XAΛEOY around, AI-ΓA across fields, sistrum. RPC III, 1923. | Text | Image |
| SNG von Aulock 7674 | Sabina AE20 of Aegae, Aeolis. CEBACTH CABEINA, Draped bust right / Isis standing left, holding sistrum and raising hem of robe. | Text | Image |
| JA 52 | Antoninus Pius, AE26 of Aegae, Aeolis. 138-161 AD. (from beneath bust, clockwise) AY KAI AI AΔΡIA ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / EΠI CTΡ ΔIONYC B TOY CE...OY around, AIΓA-EΩN across fields, Isis standing half left, holding sceptre and situla. ΩΠY monogram in left field. Mionnet III, 23 for this rev. image for Commodus (situla described as corn-ears). For magistrate: Lindgren I 388; Waddington 1264. John Aiello coll. temp. no. 52. | Text | Image |
| Lowe 1592 | Antoninus Pius AE15 of Aigae, Aeolis. 2.5 g. AYT KAI T AI AΔΡIA ANTΩNEINOC or similar, laureate head right. / AIΓA-EΩN, Harpocrates standing left, right hand raised to mouth, (holding cornucopiae in left hand?). Lowe 1592. Apparently unpublished. Not in RPC, Isegrim, Mionnet, SNG Turkey 9 etc. | Text | Image |
| Kapossy 15 | Commodus AE19 of Aegae, Aeolis. AD 177-192. 3.81 g. AYTOKΡ KOMOΔ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / AIΓAEΩN, Homonoia standing left by altar, holding patera and cornucopiae. Kapossy Bern 15; Lindgren III, 321; Bern Inv. 89.10. | Text | Image |
| Mabbott 1409 | Septimius Severus AE32 of Aegae, Aeolis. Magistrate Apollodorus. AYT KAICAΡ CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡTIN AYΓ, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; c/m: laureate head right within small circular punch / EΠ CTΡA AΠOΛΛOΔΩΡOY COΦICTOY around, AIΓAEΩN below, Emperor, holding sceptre, in slow quadriga left. Mabbott 1409 (this coin.). | Text | Image |
| Weber 5471 | Septimius Severus, AE17 of Aegae, Aeolis. AD 193-211. 3.24 g. AYT K Λ CEΠ CEOYHΡOC ΠEΡTIN, laureate head right. / AIΓAEΩN, Herakles standing front, looking left, holding lionskin and resting right hand on club. Weber 5471. | Text | Image |
| SNG Munich 379 | Julia Domna, AE27 of Aegae, Aeolis. AD 193-217. 15.24 g. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right. / EΠ CTΡA AΠOΛΛOΔΩΡOY AIΓAEΩN, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms, facing Asklepios, standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. SNG Munich 379; Mionnet III, 24 corr (CTΡ AY..) | Text | Image |
| BMC 28 | Severus Alexander, AE31 of Aegae, Aeolis. AD 222-235. 14.56 g. Magistrate Eutyches. A K M AYΡ CEY AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. / EΠ CTΡA EYTYXOYC ΓΛ AIΓAEΩN, Athena standing left by altar, holding patera and spear leaning against shield. BMC 28; SNG von Aulock 1600; Kraft 18AB-AC. | Text | Image |
| CNG 61, 1044 | Severus Alexander AE 50mm Medallion of Aegae, Aeolis. A K M AVΡ CEY AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / EΠI... AYΡ ΦAIOΔIMOY, ...N KHEYC above, AIΓAEΩN below, tetrastyle temple, cult statue within, Nike standing on pediment. Unlisted. | Text | Image |
| BMC 29 | Julia Mamaea, AE22 of Aegae, Aeolis. AD 222-235. 3.4 g. IOYΛIA MAMEA CEB, diademed and draped bust right. / AIΓAEΩN, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla. BMC 29; Boston MFA 63.1100. | Text | Image |
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