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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 7869241, member: 96898&quot;]The Greek word αίγα (<i>aiga</i>) means goat. The goat&#039;s head on this coin is a pun on the almost homophonous city name Aigai:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1355416[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Aeolis, Aigai, AE17, 4th–3rd c. BC. Obv: laureate head of Apollo r. Rev: AIΓAE; goat’s head r. 17mm, 4.41g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 1; BMC 2–4. </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><b><font size="4">Next: another punning coin</font></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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