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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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| Weight | 7.52 g |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of the city's fortune, stands facing left in full figure, draped in a long chiton and himation. She holds a ship's rudder in her right hand, symbolic of divine guidance, and a cornucopia in her left, representing abundance and prosperity. The Greek civic legend is disposed around the field, attributing the issue to the metropolis of Phrygia. |
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| Mintage | ND (244-249) |
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Philip I's reign coincided with Rome's millennial celebrations of 248 AD, and provincial mints across Asia Minor issued heavily during this period — partly in genuine civic enthusiasm, partly because the imperial administration actively encouraged local bronze production to relieve pressure on the central coinage. Metropolis in Phrygia was a minor city, and its output under Philip is sparse enough that individual dies are traceable across a small surviving corpus.
The ethnic legend ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΦΡΥΓ distinguishes this issue from the better-documented Metropolis in Ionia, a confusion that has misattributed specimens in older collections.