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Æ15
| Issuer | Aegae |
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| Year | 200 BC - 100 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG Copenhagen#10 |
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| Reverse description | A goat standing right in profile, depicted with naturalistic detail including a short tail and downward-curving horns, occupying the central field of the flan. The ethnic legend AIΓAEΩN is inscribed in Greek characters, partially surrounding the animal, identifying the issuing city of Aegae in Macedon. The overall style is typical of small Hellenistic municipal bronze issues, with the design showing some weakness of strike consistent with the irregular flan. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Aegae was a minor Macedonian city that retained enough civic identity after Rome's reorganization of the region in 148 BC to continue issuing bronze coinage — though for how long into the new provincial arrangement remains debated. The SNG Copenhagen corpus remains the primary reference for this civic type precisely because the series attracted little systematic study in the twentieth century.