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Æ23 - Philip I ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Tripolis (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Artemis, the divine huntress, strides energetically to the right in full figure, her right hand raised to draw an arrow from the quiver suspended at her shoulder, while her left hand extends forward holding the bow. At her feet to the right, a hound runs in the same direction, emphasizing the hunting aspect of the goddess. The scene is a standard Artemis Huntress type widely employed in the civic bronze coinage of Asia Minor during the third century AD. The ethnic legend ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ is disposed around the field, identifying the issuing city of Tripolis in Lydia. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Tripolis on the Maeander — not to be confused with the more famous Tripolis in Phoenicia — was a mid-tier Lydian city whose civic coinage under Philip I reflects the broader explosion of provincial bronze production during his reign. Philip, having secured power by negotiating peace with Shapur I and then engineering the murder of his predecessor Gordian III, was eager to cultivate loyalty across the eastern provinces. Civic mints like Tripolis responded with issues that implicitly participated in that project without being directed from Rome.