Dear Virgil, Steve,
Meepzorp, and Board,
Yes,
Meepzorp, there is only one Aezani (also spelled Aezanis, Aizanoi, etc.) that struck coins (and city that bears that name, that I am aware of). Its
first coins, issued as a separate Greek
polis in probably the first century B.C., carried the
ethnic "ΕΖΕΑΝΙΤΩΝ" (including the early Augustan period issues
RPC I 3066–3067) as opposed to the more normal "ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ" (beginning later in
Augustus' reign) and ΑΙΖΑΝЄΙΤΩΝ (commending under
Domitian). Earlier, as
part of the league of the Epicteteis (Epikteteis,
Phrygia Epictetus, etc.), Aezani is believed to have been the minting place for the probable 2nd century B.C. federal coinage labeled "ΕΠΙΚΤΗ(ΤΕΩΝ)." As a result, rightly or wrongly, catalogers will often treat Epicteteis as a synonym for Aezani.
Aezani happens to be one of the cities that I avidly study, with a
collection of ~40 coins strong so far, albeit not all in the best condition and with a lot of duplicates of more or less common
types. As a whole, Aezani was a major coin-producing city, although mainly during the
Julio-Claudian period. All later coinage, with perhaps a slight exception under
Gallienus, is much scarcer by comparison.
I could go on and on, but I
hope the little I shared helps.
Best regards,
Mark Fox
Michigan