Æ27 - Commodus ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΑΙΓΑ (ΩΝ)

Aegae was a minor Aeolian city whose civic coinage under the Antonines depended heavily on the goodwill of the sitting strategos — here one Pontikos, whose name appears in the magistrate formula. The opening years of Commodus's reign, 180–182, were formally a period of co-rule transitioning into sole emperorship after Marcus Aurelius died in March 180, and provincial mints across Asia Minor were quick to strike in the new emperor's name to demonstrate loyalty. Aegae never achieved the output of Pergamon or Smyrna; its bronze issues from this period survive in small numbers and rarely trade.