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Æ24 - Philip I ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | City of Hierapolis (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Apollo standing right, robed in a long chiton, positioned before a tall tree rendered in schematic provincial style. The deity holds a plectrum in the extended right hand and a lyre in the left, attributes emblematic of his divine role as god of music and prophecy. The encircling Greek legend ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ occupies the periphery of the field, identifying the issuing civic authority as the people of Hierapolis. |
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Hierapolis in Phrygia — not to be confused with the more famous Syrian city — sat on the Lycus River and fell under the administrative jurisdiction of the Cibyra conventus, one of the judicial districts Rome imposed on Asia Minor to manage provincial affairs without direct Senate oversight. Philip I's five-year reign generated substantial provincial bronze output across the eastern mints, partly because his elevation following the death of Gordian III in Mesopotamia required rapid legitimization throughout the provinces. Civic bronzes like this one functioned as that legitimization made tangible — local authority visibly endorsing the new emperor.