Aigeai in Cilicia and Tyre in Phoenicia. A Surprising Connection

Abstract

In this paper three mid-3^rd century AD coin types of the civic coinage of Aigeai in Cilicia are discussed, and it is suggested that they were modeled on prototypes from Tyre in Phoenicia. The images on all three coin types are firmly rooted in Tyre and were adopted by Aigeai. This observation has consequences for the interpretation of the Aigeaian coins and calls for caution when trying to understand such coin images only from the local context of the minting authorities.