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Aigeai (AD 215/216) Tetradrachm352 viewsTime of Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.31g, 29mm, 6h). Dated CY 262 (215/6 AD). AIΓЄAIΩN ANTΩNЄINOY ΠO[Λ]ЄΩC, bust of Asclepius right, wearing taenia and with slight drapery; serpent-entwined staff before / MAKЄΔONIKHC ЄYΓЄNOYC, Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; to left, Telesphorus standing facing; to right, goat kneeling right, head left; BΞ–C (date) across central field. EF, toned. Extremely rare and possibly the only example in private hands. Levante Coll.; ex Numismatic Fine Arts XVI (12/1985), lot 496.
The legends can be translated as “The Antonine city of Aegeae / of noble and Macedonian origin.â€
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Aigeai (AD 244-249) AE 26 - Otacilia Severa351 viewsOtacilia Severa, wife of Philip I. Augusta, 244-249 AD. AE26 (9.85g). Diademed and draped bust right / Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena right. Near VF, dark brown surfaces.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 25 - Severus Alexander351 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE25 (11.69g, 5h). Dated CY 275 (228/9 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena Nikephorus standing left; to left, goat recumbent left; date to right. VF, green patina with lighter green and beige overtones.
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Aigeai (AD 117-138) Tridrachm - Hadrian 350 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Tridrachm (11.28g, 23mm, 12h). Dated CY 164 (117/8 AD). Laureate bust of Hadrian right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Amaltheia standing facing, head right, holding cornucopia and infant Zeus, holding wreath; at feet to right, goat kneeling right, head left. Near VF, lightly toned. Rare.
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Aigeai (AD 217-218) AE 31 - Macrinus335 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE31 (18.54g, 12h). Dated CY 264 (217/8 AD). AVT K M OΠC ЄV MAKPINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MAKPINOV•Π• M • ЄVΓ • ΠΘ, AIΓЄΩN, confronted busts of Isis right, crowned and draped, and Serapis left, draped and wearing calathus; ΔΞ/C (date) in field above. VF, green patina. Krizan coll.; ex Kovacs XV (10/2003), lot 255. Ex Burstein Coll.
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Aigeai (BC 47-27) AE 15333 viewsca 47-27 BC. AE15 (2.19g). Laureate head of Herakles right / Club and quiver; NIKI above, ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΠbelow. VF, dark green patina.
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Aigeai (BC 47-27) AE 326 viewsca 47-27 BC. AE (2.19g). Laureate head of Herakles right / Club and quiver; MH (?) ΔI above, ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΠbelow. VF, green patina. Mueller coll.
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Aigeai (AD 14-37) AE 25 - Tiberius323 viewsTiberius, 14-37 AD. AE25 (10.51g). Nik-, magistrate. Laureate head left / AIΓE / AIΩN / NIK, legend in three lines within wreath. Vogl Coll. ex Münzhandlung Athena. Extremely rare, and apparently unpublished with this magistrate. VF.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander320 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 (29.83g, 7h). Dated CY 275 (228/9 AD). AVT K M AVP CЄOVHPOC AΛЄΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Alexander right / AΔPIAN ωN AIΓAIωN, bust of Athena right, wearing crested helmet and aegis; Є OC (date) across field. EF, green and brown patina. Very rare and struck on a medallic flan. From Group CEM. Ex Gilbert Steinberg Coll. (Numismatic Ars Classica, 11/1994), lot 877.
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Aigeai (AD 198-217) AE 30 - Caracalla314 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE30 (19.46g, 6h). Dated CY 261 (214/5 AD). Laureate head right / Galley right with rowers, standard on prow; ΞC (date) above. Near VF, brown patina, light porosity, minor smoothing.
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Aigeai (BC 47-29) AR Tetradrachm 313 viewsca 47-29 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.53g, 11h). Dated CY 16 (31/0 BC). Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; ΔI and club to left, Iς (date) in exergue, Δ to lower right; all within wreath. Near EF, toned, a few deposits. Rare.
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Aigeai (AD 138-161) AE 16308 viewsTime of Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE16 (4.27g, 12h). Dated CY 191 (144/5 AD). Turreted head of Tyche right / Head of horse left; [A(koppa)P] (date) below. VF, dark green-brown patina. Krizan coll.
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Aigeai (BC 160-130) AE 17297 viewsca 160-130 BC. AE17 (3.95g). Laureate head of Herakles right / ΑΙΓΕ-ΑΙΩÎ, filleted club; monogram right. VF, reddish-brown patina, some chipping on edge.
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Aigeai (AD 81-96) AE 22 - Domitian295 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE22 (7.29g, 12h). Laureate head left / Athena seated left on cuirass, holding eagle in right hand, scepter in left; shield at side. VF, green patina under a thick layer of earthen deposits. Ex Krizan Coll.
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Aigeai (AD 81-96) AE 32 - Domitian & Domitia290 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE32 (19.45g. 12h). ΔOM (ITIANOΣ) (AYTO) KPATΩP, laureate head of Domitian left / ΔOMITIA ΣEBAΣTH AIΓEΛIΩN ET (…), draped bust of Domitia right. Near VF, black patina. This coin listed as unique in RPC. Tricarico coll.; ex CNG Elec. Auc. 168, lot 152, Wagner coll.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 37 - Severus Alexander285 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE37 (26.07g, 6h). Dated CY 227 (230/1 AD). AVT K AΛЄΞANΔPON APX MЄ OIK ACKΛH, draped half-length bust right, wearing diadem, holding serpent-entwined staff of Asclepius / AΛЄΞANΔPVΠOΛIC AΔPIANωN around, AIΓAIωN in exerge, emperor on horseback right, extending arm in salute; ZOC (date, but largely indistinct) below horse. VF, brown patina with a few spots of green, minor roughness. Very rare.
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Aigeai (AD 217-218) AE 26 - Diadumenian 284 viewsDiadumenian, 217-218 AD. AE26 (12.30g). Dated CY 264 (217/8 AD). ΜΑ ΟΠЄΛ ΑÎΤΟÎЄΙÎΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΜΑΚΡЄΙÎΟΥΠΟ / ΑΙΓЄΑΙΩÎ, Goat kneeling right, ΔΞC. Dark green patina, flan flaw on obverse, deposits, GVF.
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Aigeai (AD 253-260) AE 25 - Valerian I277 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE25 (12.05g, 6h). Dated CY 300 (AD 253/4). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma seated left on shield, holding Nike and spear. VF, earthen green patina, light adjustment marks on reverse. Rare.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 29 - Julia Mamaea274 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE29 (16.06g). Dated CY 278 = 231-232 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / AΛЄΞAN-ΔPO AIΓЄΩN / NЄΩKOPOV Asklepios standing facing with serpent staff, before him Telesphoros standing facing, to the right, goat, in field date H-O/C. Rare. Dark green patina. Very fine.
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Aigeai (AD 253) AE 25 - Cornelia Supera268 viewsCornelia Supera, Augusta, 253 AD. AE25 (9.01g, 6h). Dated CY 299 (253 AD). Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / Eagle standing facing, head left, within distyle temple with domed roof; in exergue, goat standing left and ΘЧC (date). Near VF, green patina, rough surfaces. Rare.
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Aigeai (AD 138-161) AE 25 - Marcus Aurelius 263 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 138-161 AD. AE25 (12.81g, 12h). Dated CY 191 (144/5 AD). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown; date before. VF, black-green patina with blue-green and beige overtones.
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Aigeai (AD 98-117) AE 31 - Trajan260 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE31 (20.69g). ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ ΤΡΑΙΑÎΟΠΚΑΙСΑΡΑ, laureate head right / ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΠΕΚΚΛΗСΙΑ / EMP, Ekklesia seated left on throne, holding patera and rudder. Very rare. VF.
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Aigeai (AD 177-192) AE 41 - Commodus259 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE41 (38.97g, 11h). Dated CY 234 (187/8 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; countermark: Victory standing left on globe within circular incuse / Athena Nicephorus standing left; to left, goat, with head reverted, kneeling left; Δ ΛC (date) across field. Fine, black-green patina with earthen overtones, some minor flan splits, some roughness. Second known example. Krizan Coll.; ex CNG 53 (3/2000), lot 1128.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 38 - Severus Alexander258 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE38 (21.13g). AVT K AΛЄΞANΔPON APX MЄ OIK ACKΛH, laureate and draped bust right, holding serpent-entwined staff of Asklepios in left hand, right arm at chest / AΛЄΞANΔPVΠOΛIC AΔPIANH / AIΓAIWN, eagle standing front on thunderbolt, head right, wreath in beak, between legs, goat. Very rare. Brown Patina and VF.
There has been much discussion about this fascinating obverse type. While Imhoof-Blumer read the legend as "Imperator Caesar Alexander, dedicator of the rebuilt temple of Asclepius," while Eduardo Levante suggested an alternative reading as "on behalf of the pontifex maximus of the Empire," meaning the greatest high priest of the world. For a longer discussion, see CNG 94 (2013), 899 (same obverse die): http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=240194
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Aigeai (BC 160-130) AE 17250 viewsca 164-27 BC. AE16 (3.09g, 12h). Diademed head of Herakles right / Club and bow in bowcase; monogram above. Good VF, dark brown, almost black, patina. This type unrecorded with this monogram and extended ethnic.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 20 - Severus Alexander246 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE20 (4.54g, 12h). Dated CY 270 (223/4 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right / Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right. VF, brown surfaces. Ex Levante Coll.
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Aigeai (AD 81-96) AE 29 - Domitian245 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE29 (12.179g 6h). Dated CY 142 (95/6 AD). (AYTO KAIΣAP) ΔOMITIANOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ ΓEPMAN, laureate head right, with aegis / (AIΓEAIΩN) / BMP (date, left field) / ΦIΛΩTA ΘEOΔOC (right field), Athena Alkidemos standing right, holding spear and shield. VF, green patina, very rare. Tricarico coll.
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Aigeai (AD 193/94) AE 27 - Septimus Severus243 viewsSeptimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE27 (8.36g, 6h). Struck CY 245 (198/9 AD). Laureate head right / Eagle with wings spread standing right; ЄCM (date) in exergue. VF, green patina. Rare. Krizan coll.; ex Elsen FPL 220 (Jan-Apr 2002), no. 310.
A peculiar arrangement of the date, which is not visible on the Paris specimen.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 36 - Severus Alexander243 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE36 (36.05g, 6h). Dated CY 276 (229/30 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right / Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus and taenia; Ï‚-OC (date) across field. VF, rough brown surfaces. Krizan coll.; ex CNG 69 (6/2005), lot 1066.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 19 - Severus Alexander242 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE19 (5.21g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / helmeted bust Athena with Aegis. gVF.
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Aigeai (AD 198-217) AE 29 - Caracalla242 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE29 (18.01g, 7h). Dated CY 260 (213/4 AD). [...]M AY CЄOVHPOC ANTωNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head right / [C]ЄVHPIANΩN [... A]NTΩNЄINOVΠ[...], Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff; to left, Telesphorus standing facing; ЄT/OY/C–ΞC (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 AIΓЄAIΩN followed CЄVHPIANΩN, as there is very limited space for the full ethnic.
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Aigeai (AD 253-260) AE 23 - Valerian241 viewsValerian, 253-260 AD. AE23 (9.07g), dated year 300 (253/4 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AIΓEWN NE NA ET T; Dikaiosyne-Nemesis standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae, uncertain object and wheel to left.
To the left of the wheel is an object described by Lindgren and Levante as “griffin?†On this coin, it is still not clear what is the object.
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Aigeai (AD 138) AE 33 - Antinous234 viewsAntinous, died 130 AD. AE33 (23.32g, 2h). Dated CY 180(?)(137/8 AD). ANTINOOC HPΩC, bare-headed and draped bust right / AΔPIANΩN AIΓE...(?), Amalthea standing facing, head right, wearing kalathos and holding cornucopiae and the infant Zeus, who presents her with a wreath. VF. Areas of corrosion. Extremely Rare, perhaps the second known example.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 26 - Severus Alexander214 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE26 (15.65g, 6h). Dated CY 277 (230/1 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Helmeted and draped bust of Athena left; Z/O/C (date) to left. Near VF, green patina, a few pits. Ex Krizan Coll.
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Aigeai (BC 160-130) AE 20197 viewsca 160-130/20 BC. AE20 (7.23g, 12h). Turreted head of Tyche right / Horse's head left; monogram right. Good VF, green patina. Krizan Coll.; ex Classical Numismatic Review XIX, 3 (1994), lot 257.
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Aigeai (BC 2nd-1st cent) AE 19175 viewsca 47/6-27/6 BC. AE19 (4.38g), dated CY 14 (34/3 BC). Diademed male head (Alexander the Great?) right / AIΓE/AIΩN, Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; ∆I to lower left, MH (date) to right. VF.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 24 - Severus Alexander152 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE24 (10.00g). Dated CY 275 (228/9). ΑVΤ Κ Îœ ΑVΡ СЄV ΑΛЄΞΑÎΔΡΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΔΡΙ ΑΛЄΞΑÎΔΡΟVΠΟΛ / ΑΙΓЄΩΠЄΟС, serpent-entwined boot left, surmounted by bust of Asklepios left. aVF. Vogl Coll.; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (5/2000). aVF.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 30 - Severus Alexander150 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-235 AD. AE30 (15.10g). Dated CY 277 (230/1 AD). ΑVT Κ Îœ [...]ΔΡΟС C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [...]ЄΞΑÎΔΡΟVΠΟΛΙС ΑΔ / ΑΙΓЄΑΙωÎ, bearded serpent coiled right; above, ZOC (date) and goat leaping right, head left. Vogl Coll.; ex auction Hirsch 166. gVF.
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Aigeai (AD 222-235) AE 31 - Julia Mamaea146 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE31 (19,30g). Dated CY 276 (229/30 AD). IOYΛΙA MAMЄA CЄBACTH, draped bust of Julia Mamaea right / CЄY AΔP AIΓЄAIωN AΛЄΞANΔPOY / ς – OC, draped bust of Isis right, wearing headdress. Vogl Coll.; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (4/1988). Extremely rare. aVF.
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Aigeai (AD 249-251) AE 28 - Herennia Etruscilla141 viewsHerennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, Augusta, 249-251 AD. AE28 (10.53g). ΕΡ ΚΥΠΡ .. ΕΤΡΟΥCΚΙΛΛΑ CΕΒ, bust right / ΑCΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΠΟΛΕ ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΠCΘC (year=296), goat recumbent within wreath.
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Aigeai (AD 217-218) AE 28 - Diadumenian141 viewsDiadumenian, Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE28 (16.28g). Dated CY 264 (217/8 AD). M OΠЄ ANTΩNЄINOC KЄCAP, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MAKPЄINOVΠM ЄVΓ ΠΘ AIΓЄΩN ΔΞC, goat standing right, with torches as horns; short tree to right. Vogl Coll.; ex Jacquier List 12, lot 220. Rare. VF.
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Aigeai (AD 217-218) AE 28 - Diadumenian136 viewsDiadumenian, Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE28 (15.63g). Dated CY 264 (217/8 AD). M ΟΠANTΩNINOC KAICAP, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / MAKPЄINOVP M ЄVΓ ΠΘ / ΔΞ - C / AIΓAIΩN, goat kneeling right. VF.
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Aigeai (BC 175-164) AE 22 - Antiochos IV, Epiphanes130 viewsAntiochos IV Epiphanes, 175-164 BC. AE22 (9.29g). Diademed head right / AIΓEAIΩN, head of horse left; Φ to right. Very rare. VF. Vogl Coll. ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold 1989).
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