Æ25 - Philip I ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Tripolis in Lydia — not to be confused with the better-known Phoenician or North African cities of the same name — was a minor civic mint operating under the conventus of Sardis, the chief Roman administrative center of the province. Philip I's brief reign generated a modest provincial output across western Asia Minor, much of it issued to mark his accession following the death of Gordian III on the Euphrates frontier in 244. Whether Gordian died in battle against Shapur I or was eliminated by Philip himself remains disputed in the sources, including the contradictory accounts in the Historia Augusta.