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Æ14 - Commodus ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Aegae, Aeolis (Roman Provincial Mint) |
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| Year | 180-182 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare bearded head of Heracles facing right, with traces of drapery at the truncation; a club is visible over the left shoulder, rendered in the Greek provincial style typical of Aeolian civic coinage of the Antonine period. The portrait is boldly modelled in high relief against a plain field, though the surface is heavily patinated and encrusted. |
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| Reverse description | Nude standing figure of Harpocrates facing left, wearing the pschent (double crown of Egypt) upon his head, raising his right hand to his lips in his characteristic gesture of silence, and holding a cornucopia in his left arm. A lighted altar stands to the left in the field. The reverse legend ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ, identifying the civic authority of Aegae, appears around the design. The composition reflects the Egyptianising religious influences prevalent in Aeolian civic coinage of the imperial period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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