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Æ24 - Philip I ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΚΟΤΙΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Cotiaeum (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΩΤΑΚΙΛΙΑ ϹΕ(Ο)ΥΗΡΑ ϹΕ (Translation: Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta) |
| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of civic fortune, depicted standing to the left in long chiton and himation, holding a ship's rudder in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm, emblematic of the prosperity and destiny of the city of Cotiaeum. The figure is rendered in the conventional provincial style, with the encircling Greek magistrate legend identifying the issuing authority. The reverse field shows moderate wear with areas of golden-brown patina. |
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Cotiaeum, modern Kütahya in western Turkey, was a mid-tier Phrygian city whose civic bronze output under Philip I is closely tied to the magistracy of Aurelius Menandros — named explicitly in the obverse legend as archon. The city minted under its own civic authority during the provincial coinage period, when Rome still permitted Greek-speaking eastern cities to produce local bronze for small-denomination exchange, a practice Philip I allowed to continue until the system collapsed entirely under his successors.