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| Issuer | Philadelphia (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 81-96 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ΛΑΓΕΤΑ ? ΤΟ Β ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ (Translation: under Lagetas [---] for the second time, concord of the Philadelphians and Ephesians) |
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The homonoia ("concord") coinage between Philadelphia and Ephesus belongs to a competitive civic tradition in which Asian cities negotiated shared issues as public demonstrations of alliance — often brokered through the Roman provincial administration rather than arising from genuine municipal goodwill. The magistrate name partially preserved in the legend, Lagetas, remains imperfectly read, which has complicated die-linking studies for this type. Philadelphia, the smallest of the seven cities of Revelation, punched well above its weight in provincial bronze production under the Flavians.