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Æ26 - Philip I ΕΠΙ Γ ΙΟΥ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩ ΚΟΤΙΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Cotiaeum (Conventus of Synnada) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Philip I (Philip the Arab) facing right, seen from the rear, rendered in the provincial workshop style typical of Phrygian civic coinage. The radiate crown is clearly rendered atop the imperial effigy. The Greek legend encircles the bust along the periphery of the flan. The coin displays the characteristic irregular flan of a provincially struck bronze issue, with green patination visible across the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (244-249) |
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Cotiaeum, a Phrygian city on the road between Synnada and Dorylaeum, maintained active civic bronze production through the mid-third century, when many neighboring mints had already gone quiet. The magistrate named in this issue — Gaius Iulius Ponticus — held the office of archiereus, the chief priest of the imperial cult at the provincial level, a position that carried both religious authority and the practical privilege of authorizing local bronze coinage. His name appearing in the nominative formula on civic bronzes is the primary dating mechanism for this group.