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Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1056. Closing Date: Jun 08, 2005. CILICIA, Aegeae. Augustus, with Julius Caesar. 27 BC-14 AD. AE 28mm 12.35 g. Dated CY 99(?) (50/1 AD). Bare head of Augustus right. AIGEAIWN [THC I]ERAC K[AI AV]TONOMOV, bare head of Julius Caesar right; QL (?) above PAR monogram in left field. Cf. RPC I 4036; cf. SNG Levante 1691-1692; SNG France -. Apparently unpublished with this date and monogram. ($500) Early provincial coinage of Aegeae is very rare and this issue proves to be very enigmatic. Dated, our coin is a type struck during the reigns of both Gaius and Claudius. But the identity of the emperor is the subject of debate. Ziegler (St�dtisches Prestige.., p. 17), suggests Alexander III of Macedonia and Julius Caesar as the city founders. But our coin shows a bare head with features similar to Augustus. 575,575, 575,661.25, �465.75, �316.25, C$718.75, A$747.5, on June 8, 2005. Used by permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com