Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1056. Closing Date: Jun 08, 2005. 
CILICIA, Aegeae. Augustus, with Julius Caesar. 27 BC-14 AD. 
AE 28mm 12.35 g. Dated CY 99(?) (50/1 AD). 

Bare head of Augustus right.
AIGEAIWN [THC I]ERAC K[AI AV]TONOMOV, bare head of Julius 
Caesar right; QL (?) above PAR monogram in left field. 
Cf. RPC I 4036; cf. SNG Levante 1691-1692; SNG France -. 
Apparently unpublished with this date and monogram. ($500)

Early provincial coinage of Aegeae is very rare and 
this issue proves to be very enigmatic. Dated, our coin 
is a type struck during the reigns of both Gaius and 
Claudius. But the identity of the emperor is the subject 
of debate. Ziegler (Städtisches Prestige.., p. 17), 
suggests Alexander III of Macedonia and Julius Caesar 
as the city founders. But our coin shows a bare head with 
features similar to Augustus.

$575, $661.25, €465.75, £316.25, C$718.75, A$747.5, on June 8, 2005.

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