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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2751002, member: 82322&quot;][ATTACH=full]630166[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lycaonia, Iconium, 41-138 AD (time of Claudius-Hadrian), AE 14. 2.24g</p><p>Obv: Winged gorgoneion, snake ties below chin, within border of large beads.</p><p>Rev: ΚΛΑΥΔΕΙΚΟΝΙΕΩΝ; Seated figure (Cybele, Tyche, or Hades?) left, holding patera, left arm resting on (?), wearing mural crown (or kalathos?), animal at feet, within beaded boarder.</p><p>VA Lykaon 252</p><p>Münzen &amp; Medaillen Gmbh (DE), auction 19, May 2006, lot 443</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are looking for coins depicting the wearing of an aegis, the Baktrians did it first and they did it best:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]630168[/ATTACH] </p><p>Indo-Greek, Menander I (165-135 BC)</p><p>The obverse shows Menander with an aegis over his shoulder.&nbsp; The reverse shows Athena with an aegis over her arm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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