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Æ28 - Philip I ΕΠ ΑΥ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧ Κ ΤΗϹ ΠΑΤΡΙ (ΟϹ) ϹΤΕΚΤΟΡΗΝΩΝ
| Issuer | Stectorium (Conventus of Apamea) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Weight | 10.25 g |
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| Obverse description | Confronted busts of Philip I and Philip II facing one another: Philip I portrayed laureate, draped, and cuirassed to the right, and Philip II likewise laureate, draped, and cuirassed to the left. The effigies are rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Phrygian civic issues, with a circular Greek legend surrounding the paired imperial portraits in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΙ ϹΕΒ |
| Reverse description | The mythological hero Mygdon, eponymous founder associated with the region of Phrygia, depicted standing facing left in military attire, holding an upright spear in his right hand and resting his left hand upon a large round shield set at his side. The figure is rendered in a static, frontal provincial style characteristic of Phrygian civic bronzes of the mid-third century AD. A circular Greek legend naming the local magistrate and the civic ethnikon of Stectorium surrounds the central device. |
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