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Æ26 - Philip I ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΕΡΩΤΟϹ ΖΩΤΙΚ ΝΕ ΑΡΧ Α ΑΠΠΙΑΝΩΝ?
| Issuer | Appia (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (244-249) |
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Appia was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage under Philip I reflects the administrative geography of the Conventus of Synnada — a Roman judicial circuit that grouped smaller settlements for provincial governance. The magistrate name preserved in the legend, Aurelius Anterос Zotikos, is unusually complete for a city of Appia's standing, suggesting he held the archonship during a period of local civic ambition tied to Philip's broader promotion of provincial coinage.
Philip I encouraged municipally struck bronze across Asia Minor partly to supplement military spending following his expensive peace settlement with Shapur I on the eastern frontier in 244 AD.