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Æ23 - Philip I ΑΥΡ ΚΡΙϹΠΟΥ ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Miletopolis (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of fortune and civic prosperity, depicted standing left in long chiton and himation, holding a ship's rudder in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm. The figure is rendered in a conventional provincial style typical of Mysian civic bronzes of the Philippan era. A circular Greek legend reading the magistrate's name and civic ethnic surrounds the type in the field. |
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Miletopolis was a minor Mysian city whose civic coinage under Philip I falls within a period of intense provincial mint activity triggered by the emperor's need to consolidate loyalty across the eastern cities following his contested rise after the death of Gordian III. The obverse legend honoring Philip's son, Philip II Caesar, places this issue within a narrow administrative window — the younger Philip was elevated to Caesar in 244 and to Augustus in 247, and the Caesar title here helps bracket the striking date with unusual precision.