Mint and Date: Aigeai in Cilicia, Caesarean Era 164 = 117-118 CE
Size and Weight: 25mm, 9.93g
Obverse: Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder.
AYTOKP KAIC TPAIANOC AΔPIANOC CЄB
Reverse: Amalthea standing facing, head right, wearing a kalathos; holding a cornucopia in her right arm and the infant Zeus, who crowns her, in her left; at her feet, a goat kneeling right, head left.
AIΓЄAIΩN ЄTOYC ΔΞP
Ref: Prieur 716; SNG Levante 1713; SNG France 2328.
Provenance: Owned by Patricia Lawrence; obtained in January 2008 from Forum Ancient Coins.
BW Ref: 027 000 000
Note: This coin is owned by Pat Lawrence. This is her photograph, and it is used on this site with her permission.
The goat on the reverse is a punning reference to the name of the town and was used as its symbol on coins. AIΓЄAIΩN means "of Aigeai"; AIΓЄIΩN means "of the goats." That the nymph Amalthea kept goats was probably also part of the pun.
See also a tetradrachm showing Perseus here.