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Æ26 - Philip I ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Apollonia ad Rhyndacum (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Otacilia Severa, diademed, facing right, rendered in the provincial style typical of Mysian civic coinage of the mid-third century AD. The effigy is encircled by a Greek imperial titulature legend reading ΜΑΡΚΙΑ ΟΤΑΚ ϹΕΥΟΥΗΡΑ ΑΥ, identifying the empress as Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta. The flan is irregular and the surfaces heavily patinated, obscuring fine detail. The portrait reflects the idealized convention of imperial consort imagery common to the Conventus of Cyzicus. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Apollo advancing to the left, holding a bow in one hand and grasping a branch of a laurel tree with the other, while the nymph Daphne, kneeling at the base of the tree, embraces its trunk with both arms in the moment of her mythological metamorphosis. The scene depicts the celebrated myth of Apollo and Daphne, a subject particularly fitting for a civic coinage issued by Apollonia, the city named for the god. The ethnic legend ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ appears in the field, identifying the issuing community. The reverse type is characteristic of the rich mythological repertoire employed by Mysian provincial mints under the Philippan dynasty. |
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