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Æ25 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ ΚΟΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕωΝ
| Issuer | City of Philomelium (Conventus of Philomelium) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Emperor Gordian III facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Phrygian civic coinage. The radiate laurel wreath is clearly articulated, with individual leaves visible, and the bust shows drapery at the shoulder. The circular Greek legend runs along the inner border of the coin field, naming the emperor with his full titulature. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Philomelium, a Phrygian city on the road between Laodicea and Iconium, struck civic bronzes under its own magistrates well into the third century — one of dozens of Asian cities exercising local minting authority before Gallienus effectively ended provincial bronze coinage in the 260s. The magistrate name preserved in this coin's legend, Alexandros, is otherwise unattested in the epigraphic record for this city, making the coin itself a primary historical source.