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Electronic Auction 346  11 March 2015
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Lot 252

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 90 USD
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CILICIA, Aegeae. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Æ (13mm, 2.45 g, 12h). Dated CY 185 (AD 138/9). Helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis / [AIΓAI]ωИ in exergue, goat kneeling to left; ЄΠΡ (date) above. SNG Levante 1727 (this coin); SNG France –. VF, attractive green patina.

Ex Edoardo Levante Collection.

Like the earlier coinage of Macedonian Aegeae, many coins of Cilician Aegeae feature a goat (αίξ, pl. αίγες) as a play on words.
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