Æ27 - Philip I ΕΠ ΑΡ ΖΩΙΛΟΥ ΑΡ Α ΤΟ Β ΑΓΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ

Philip I's reign saw a surge in provincial bronze output across Asia Minor, driven partly by the celebrations surrounding Rome's millennial anniversary in 248 AD — the ludi saeculares — which prompted civic minting on a scale not seen in decades. Ancyra, the principal city of Phrygia Salutaris under the conventus of Sardis, issued civic bronzes under magistrates whose names appear in the genitive formula preserved in the obverse legend. The magistrate Zoilos recorded here held the archonship for the second time, a detail the legend makes explicit with the designation ΑΡ Α ΤΟ Β.