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ID:     25339
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     PHRYGIA
City:     Aezani
Issuer:     Claudius
Date Ruled:     25 January, AD 41 - 13 October, AD 54.
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE 20
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 41-54
Diameter:     20.1 mm
Weight:     5.715 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Legend:     [ΚΛΑΥΔ]ΙΟC [ΚΑΙCΑΡ]
Obverse Description:     Laureate head right.
Reverse Legend:     ΕΠΙ [ΜΗΝΟΓΕ]ΝΟ[Υ](C) TOY NANN[A] AIZA[NITΩN]
Reverse Description:     Zeus of Aezani standing left, holding eagle on extended right hand, and resting with left on scepter.
Mint:     Aezani
Primary Reference:     RPC I 3096
Reference2:     BMC Phrygia p. 34, 79.
Reference3:     Weber 7002
Reference4:     Babelon, Inv. Wadd., p. 328, 5567.
Photograph Credit:     FORUM ANCIENT COINS
Source:     http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=24262
Grade:     ~VG
Notes:     Like many of the coin issues struck for Aezani, this coin is composed of brass. The magistrate's name is Menogenes, Son of Nanna. For a coin of his father struck during the reign of Caligula, see RPC I 3073.