Aegae in Aeolis, 138-161 AD., Antoninus Pius, issued by magistrate Dionysios II (strategos), countermarked ca. 244-249 AD. in Diocaesarea (Cilicia), Æ29, Imhoof-Blumer, ZfN 20, 6 / cf. Howgego 470.
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host coin: Aegae in Aeolis, Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD., issued by magistrate Dionysios II (strategos), countermarked ca. 244-249 AD. in Diocaesarea / Cilicia,
Æ29 (ø 28-30 mm / 16,33 g), brass, axes coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: [AVT] KAI T AI AΔPIA - ΑÎΤΩÎ[ÆΙÎ]ΟС , laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right, countermark thunderbolt (in circle ?) or six-spoked wheel before chin (three dots within spokes or rays).
Rev.: [ÆΠΙ СΤΡ ΔΙΟÎVСΙΟV Î’ ΤΟV [ ]ΟV / ΤΙ]ΤÎΑΙΟС / [ΑΙΓΑÆΩÎ] , river-god Titnaios reclining left, l. ellbow resting on water-urn, his left arm holding cornucopia, [his r. holding long reed].
RPC online (temporary) Volume 4, no. 360 (1 piece listed: Berlin coll., F. Imhoof-Blumer, ZfN 20 (1897), 276, no. 6, FM 276, no. 255 ) ; for countermark: cf. Howgego p. 194, no. 470 (11 pieces, all on coins of Diocaesarea, Philipp I and II) ; SNG Aul. 5549 and 8669 ; Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung Auc. 117 (14. Oct. 2002), no. 401 and - Auc. 122 (10. March 2003), no. 1815 (Diocaesarea, Philipp I) ; Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung Auc. 186 (8. March 2010), no. 1635 (Diocaesarea, Philipp I) ; Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger Auc. 298 (2. May 2013), no. 1014 (Diocaesarea, Philipp II) .
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