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Æ24 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ ΚΟΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕωΝ
| Issuer | City of Philomelium (Conventus of Philomelium) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Philomelium, a Phrygian city with enough civic ambition to mint its own bronze under Gordian III, produced this issue under the magistrate Alexander — whose name appears in the inscription as eponymous authority. Provincial cities competed fiercely for the right to strike coinage, and the magistrate credit was both an honor and a civic responsibility. Gordian's reign saw a surge in Anatolian civic bronzes, partly because his campaigns against Shapur I disrupted eastern supply chains and kept Roman troops moving through Phrygia.