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Æ23 - Philip I ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Lycum (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VIII#20783 |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Winged Nemesis standing left, raising her right hand with index finger to her lips in the characteristic gesture of admonishment, and holding a cubit rule in her left hand. At her feet to the left crouches a griffin, a traditional attribute of the goddess. The composition is enclosed within a dotted border, with the civic neocorate legend distributed around the field. |
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Laodicea ad Lycum earned the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — and wore it conspicuously on its civic coinage throughout the third century. The designation carried real political weight: it required senatorial approval in Rome and elevated the city's status above rival Phrygian centers competing for the same honor. Philip I's short reign produced a modest range of provincial issues from this mint, most in small module bronzes tied to local festival and market circulation rather than long-distance trade.
The Conventus of Cibyra grouped Laodicea administratively with several southwestern Phrygian cities for judicial purposes, an arrangement dating to the Republican reorganization of Asia Minor.