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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Aegae |
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| Year | 160 BC - 145 BC |
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| Diameter | 32 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Aegae was a minor city in Aeolis, on the western Anatolian coast, and its tetradrachm coinage of this period fits within the broader Attic-weight silver issues that proliferated across the region following the collapse of Seleucid dominance after Apamea in 188 BC. The city's autonomy was always precarious — squeezed between Pergamene expansion and the residual influence of whatever power controlled the interior. That this issue falls squarely within the reign of Attalos II of Pergamon is not coincidental; civic coinages of this type were often tolerated rather than freely struck.
The relatively tight date range and concentration across a handful of major reference collections suggests a limited and purposeful emission rather than sustained civic minting.