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Æ27 - Philip I ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΦΡΥΓ
| Issuer | Metropolis, Phrygia (civic mint) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II as Caesar facing right, depicted three-quarter face from the front in the provincial manner. The portrait renders the youthful effigy of the imperial prince with characteristic Roman military attire. The Greek legend encircles the bust in the field around the periphery, identifying the subject as Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar. |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the city's tutelary deity, depicted standing to the left in full figure, wearing a kalathos (mural crown) upon her head and clad in a long chiton and himation. She holds a ship's rudder downward in her right hand and a cornucopia (horn of plenty) in her left arm, emblematic of the city's prosperity and fortune. The ethnic legend of the Phrygian metropolis is distributed in the field around the reverse type. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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