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Æ21 - Philip I ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip II facing right, rendered in three-quarter view from the rear, with the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The imperial effigy is depicted in the provincial style characteristic of Asia Minor workshops of the mid-third century AD. The Greek legend encircles the bust, reading from upper left around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Magnesia ad Maeandrum's civic bronze coinage under Philip I belongs to a period when the emperor was aggressively cultivating provincial loyalty — his Arab origins made Roman senatorial acceptance uneasy, and visible relationships with eastern cities carried political weight in both directions. The city had long traded on its association with the cult of Artemis Leucophryene, and the right to strike civic bronze was itself a privilege that required imperial goodwill to maintain.
The Conventus of Miletus administered a dense cluster of Ionian minting cities, and die-sharing between neighbors was not uncommon in this period.