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Æ25 - Philip I ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Prusa ad Olympum (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of the emperor Philip I (Philip the Arab) facing right, depicted from the rear in the three-quarter back view characteristic of mid-third-century provincial coinage. The radiate crown with pointed rays is visible above the head, while the paludamentum and cuirass indicate imperial military status. A Greek legend surrounds the bust in the field, identifying the emperor by his full titulature. The flan is irregular and the surfaces show typical wear and patination consistent with bronze provincial civic coinage of Bithynia. |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ (Translation: Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus) |
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Prusa ad Olympum sat at the foot of Mount Olympus in Bithynia and issued coins prolifically under Philip I, whose reign coincided with Rome's millennial celebrations of 248 AD — festivities he organized at enormous expense while simultaneously buying peace with the Goths on the Danube frontier. The city's coinage from this period belongs to the last generation of Greek Imperial bronzes; within a decade of Philip's murder at Verona in 249, most eastern civic mints had ceased production entirely.