Æ21 - Philip I ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ

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.