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Æ29 - Philip I ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | City of Hierapolis (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Apollo standing facing, head turned to the right, rendered in long chiton with himation, holding a plectrum in the lowered right hand and a lyre cradled in the left arm, with a tree depicted to the left serving as a compositional framing element. The figure is modelled in a calm, hieratic style typical of Phrygian civic bronze coinage of the mid-third century. The ethnic legend of the issuing city is disposed around the reverse field within a dotted border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hierapolis in Phrygia — not to be confused with the better-known Syrian city of the same name — sat within the conventus of Cibyra, a judicial district whose assize center held considerable administrative leverage over local coin production. Philip I's reign coincided with the celebration of Rome's millennial anniversary in 248 AD, an event that prompted a surge of civic coinage across the eastern provinces as cities competed to demonstrate loyalty through public spectacle and metal. Whether this issue connects to that moment of imperial pageantry is unconfirmed, but the timing aligns.