Aegis
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Pontos, Amisos, AE 21. Aegis, with Gorgon's head at center / AMI-SOU, Nike advancing right carrying palm branch, monograms left and right.
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Aegis
A small cloak or breastplate, generally draped over armour, most often associated with the Greek goddess Athena, and later with her Roman counterpart, Minerva. It usually displays a gorgon's head or 'gorgoneion'
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aegis - a short cloak, usually consisting of a goatskin with a border of snakes, worn by Athena and Zeus and by Hellenistic and Roman rulers who identified with them.
Aegis with gorgoneion.
(= 2½ AR drachms). AV 11 grs.
ΣΥΡ Id. [Head, Syracuse, III. 11.] ...
4 [35 with aegis]
RIC II 188; RSC 417b
Trajan 98-117 CE, AR denarius (3.17 g.)
Obv: Laureate, draped on left shoulder, bust right; IMP. TRAIANO AVG. GER. DAC. P. M. TR. P. COS. V. P. P..
Rx: - S. P. Q. R. OPTIMO PRINCIPI. Pax standing l.
Note: The "aegis" or whatever is on the left shoulder appears more often on coins of Aurelian. Further research is needed to determine what this part of the armor is to represent.
But the necklace is actually the top of her aegis, or breastplate, which extends from her shoulder to her neck and which is not always on the flan, as with the above specimen.
Under the aegis of Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, a total of 18,324 coins, tokens and medals from the Mint at Philadelphia were moved to Washington.
The Septimius Severus is ordinary except for the bust wearing an aegis; the Trajan Decius is very rare as a denarius. Portraits are all quite recognizable as their subjects but the styles are still just a bit off.
Aegis with Gorgon's head at center/Nike advancing rt. carrying palm branch, SG3709. Obv. centered a bit left crowding edge of aegis, rev. centered high losing Nike's head, black patina, nice detail especially obv.
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Bust of Athena right, in high-crested Corinthian helmet & an aegis / APAMEWN, eagle alighting right on basis decoraged with meander pattern, flanked by caps of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars, magistrates ANTIFWN & MENEKLEOS. BMC 46.
Term Definition
Aegis
a small cloak decorated with a gorgon's head in the center.
Aes ...
(Billon Tetradrachm)
(Year 14 = AD 67/68)
Obv: [NEPΩ KΛAV K]AIΣ ΣEB Î"EP AV
Radiate bust left wearing aegis.
Rev: [ΠYΘIOΣ A]ΠOΛΛΩN
Laureate bust of Apollo Pythias right, quiver at shoulder.
(RPC 5312) ...
 See also: Bust, Wreath, Eagle, Shield, Seated
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