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Æ25 - Philip I ANTIOCHI C (L (O (N (I), S R
| Issuer | Antioch of Pisidia (Galatia) |
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| Year | 245-247 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Philip I (Philip the Arab) facing right, portrayed three-quarter view from the rear, with the radiate crown prominently rendered above the effigy. The paludamentum is visible over the left shoulder, and the cuirass is detailed with pteryges. The encircling Latin legend runs clockwise around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS A |
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Antioch of Pisidia was a Roman colony — Colonia Caesareia Antiochia — planted by Augustus to project military control over the highland tribes of southern Anatolia. By Philip I's reign it retained strong Latin civic identity unusual for the Greek-speaking east, which explains the Latin colonial titulature persisting on its bronze issues well into the third century.
Philip ruled during the approach of the Valerian persecution era's precursors and the first serious Gothic incursions across the Danube. Provincial mints like Antioch of Pisidia continued striking civic bronzes largely on their own initiative during these years, filling gaps left by an increasingly distracted central authority.