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Æ26 - Philip I ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Cadi (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | The enthroned figure of Cybele, the Phrygian mother goddess, is depicted seated to the left upon a throne, her right hand extending a patera and her left arm resting upon a tympanum placed to her side. Beneath the throne, a recumbent lion — the sacred animal of Cybele — is visible, a standard iconographic attribute underscoring the deity's identity. The composition reflects the widespread veneration of Cybele in Phrygia and the broader Anatolian religious tradition. The ethnic legend of the issuing city encircles the design in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (244-249) |
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Cadi was a small Phrygian city in the Lydian conventus whose civic coinage largely tracks the reigns of third-century emperors without distinction — Philip I's Arabian campaign and subsequent accession in 244 following the death of Gordian III gave provincial mints a fresh obverse portrait to work with, and Cadi obliged. The city's bronzes from this reign are modestly scarce; the conventus of Sardis oversaw dozens of competing civic issues, and Cadi's output was never large.
The ethnic ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ is the standard Phrygian genitive form attested across the city's coinage.