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Æ21 - Philip I PROVINCIA DACIA, AN I
| Issuer | Roman Provincial Mint |
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| Year | 246-247 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Philip I (Philip the Arab) facing right, viewed from the rear, with the radiate crown rendered in bold relief. The effigy displays the characteristic military cuirass with paludamentum draped over the left shoulder. The encircling Latin legend reads IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, distributed around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Provincia Dacia was an unusual Roman provincial coinage series in that it used its own dating system — the AN (anno) notation — counting from the province's reorganization under Philip I in 246 AD. This AN I piece is therefore a first-year issue of that sequence, struck almost certainly at a mint within Dacia itself, though the precise facility remains debated among specialists. Philip had a particular interest in the Danubian provinces, having been born in the region of Arabia Petraea but consolidating his political base through appointments and coin propaganda across the frontier zones.