Æ23 - Philip I ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ

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.