FORVM Extremely Rare Aigai Aeolis AE16 Hermes / Goat Forepart - $81 - (Morehead City, NC)
Aigai, Aiolis, 2nd - 1st Century B.C.Aeolis was not originally a geographic term but a collective name for the cities in the region on the west coast of Asia Minor founded by the Aeolians, a branch of the Hellenic peoples. The twelve southern cities were grouped in the Aeolian League; these were Temnos, Smyrna, Pitane, Neonteichos, Aegirusa, Notium, Cilla or Killa, Cyme, Gryneum, Larissa, Myrina, and Aegae. Aegae (or Aigai) means place of goats and was the name of many cities of antiquity. Aigai, Aiolis was also an important sanctuary of Apollo. It was within the Lydian Empire, then the Achaemenid Persian Empire, but had its brightest period under the Attalid dynasty, which ruled from nearby Pergamon in the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. It changed hands from Pergamon to the Seleucid Empire, but was recaptured by Attalus I of Pergamon in 218 B.C. In the war between Bithynia and Pergamon, it was destroyed by Prusias II of Bithynia in 156 B.C. After a peace was brokered by the Romans, the city was compensated with 100 talents. In 129 B.C., the Kingdom of Pergamon became part of the Roman Empire. Aigai was destroyed by an earthquake in 17 A.D. and received aid for reconstruction from Tiberius. The ruins are near the village of Yuntdagi Koseler in Manisa Province, Turkey.GB85812. Bronze AE 16, references: Gorny & Mosch auction 160, lot 1477 (otherwise apparently unpublished); SNG Cop 14 var. (monograms); SNGvA -; SNG München -, BMC Troas -; Lindgren -; condition: aVF, marks and scratches, encrustations, light corrosion, edge crack, mint: Aiolis, Aigai (near Yuntdagi Koseler, Turkey), weight: 2.205g, maximum diameter: 15.8mm, die axis: 315o, date struck: 2nd - 1st Century B.C.; obverse draped bust of Hermes right, wearing petasos; reverse , forepart of goat standing right, monograms (controls) above and right; additional comments: ex Moneta Numismatic Services; extremely rare, $81 Forum Ancient Coins' Buy it Now eBay listings are priced to sell. We do NOT consider offers…
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