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Æ28 - Philip I ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗ ΑΓΑΘΗΜΕΡΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
| Issuer | Cyzicus (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 244-247 |
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| Weight | 11.44 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II as Caesar, facing right and seen from the rear, rendered in the provincial Roman style typical of the Cyzicus mint. The effigy displays short hair with individually rendered strands and paludamentum over the cuirass. The Greek obverse legend is distributed around the periphery of the flan within a dotted border, identifying the prince by his full titulature. |
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| Obverse lettering | Μ ΙΟΥ(Λ) ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΥΓ |
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Cyzicus held the rare distinction of multiple neokorate titles — the honorific granted by Rome recognizing a city as official keeper of an imperial cult temple. The magistrate name preserved in this coin's legend, Aurelius Agathhemeros, is attested across a small cluster of issues from Philip I's reign, allowing scholars to sequence the local bronze output with unusual precision for a provincial mint of this period.