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Æ25 - Philip I COLON C(AE)S(AR) ANTI, S R
| Issuer | Roman Provincial Mint of Antiocheia ad Pisidia |
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| Year | 245-247 |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A central vexillum standard bearing a crescent at its apex is flanked on each side by a legionary standard surmounted by an eagle, the entire composition evoking the military colonial identity of Antiocheia ad Pisidia. The mark S R (Senatus Romanus) appears in the lower field to either side of the central standard shaft, referencing the colony's Roman civic status. The scene is enclosed within a beaded border, with the colonial legend distributed around the periphery. |
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Philip I elevated his son, also Philip, to the rank of Caesar in 244 AD — the year he secured peace with Persia by paying a substantial tribute and extracting the Roman army from Mesopotamia, a settlement his enemies called a ransom. The Pisidian Antioch mint was one of several provincial operations pressed into service during this period, partly to finance military obligations the central mint at Rome could not absorb alone.
SNG von Aulock 4934 provides the closest parallel for die alignment on this type.