Aigeai (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla

Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AE29 (18.01g, 7h). Dated CY 260 (213/4 AD). [...]M AY CÐ„OVHPOC ANTÏ‰NÐ„INOC CÐ„B, laureate head right / [C]Ð„VHPIANÎ©N [... A]NTÎ©NÐ„INOVÎ [...], Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; to left, Telesphorus standing facing; Ð„T/OY/Câ€“ÎžC (date) across field. Near VF, dark brown patina, minor pitting on the reverse. Edoardo Levante Coll.

See SNG Levante 1741 for a similar reverse. Presumably some shortened form of AIÎ“Ð„AIÎ©N followed CÐ„VHPIANÎ©N, as there is very limited space for the full ethnic.

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City/Mint name:	Aigeai
Keywords:	roman / bronze
References:	??? SNG France -; SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Supp. -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG PfÃ¤lzer -; BMC -
Valuation:	CNG Elec. Auc. 342 (1/2015), lot 419 ($360 + comm)
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