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Æ27 - Philip I PROVINCIA DACIA, AN II
| Issuer | Dacia (Roman provinces) |
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| Year | 247-248 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Dacia, wearing a traditional Dacian cap (pileus), is depicted seated left on a rocky outcrop, holding a curved sword (falx) in her right hand and two vexilla (military standards) inscribed V and XIII respectively, representing the two legions stationed in the province. To the left stands an eagle facing left with head turned right, holding a wreath in its beak; to the right stands a lion facing left. The reverse legend PROVINCIA DACIA encircles above, with the date AN II (Year 2) in the exergue or field, denoting the second year of the provincial era under Philip I. |
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PROVINCIA DACIA was a unusual administrative coinage, struck not by an individual city but by the province itself — one of very few Roman provincial series to operate this way. The AN dating system, counting from 246 AD, was introduced specifically for this series, making each coin a dateable artifact within a narrow provincial chronology. AN II places this piece in Philip's reign just before his millennial celebrations of 248 AD, when Rome's thousand-year anniversary consumed enormous administrative energy across the empire.