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Æ30 - Philip I ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΕΥΤΥΧΟΥϹ ΤΥΧΙΚΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Conventus of Miletus) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VIII#20500 |
| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip II facing right, rendered from a rear perspective, with paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The effigy displays characteristic military attire of the mid-third century provincial coinage tradition. A Greek legend encircles the bust within the field, reading from left to right around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | The three Charites (Graces) depicted standing facing, arranged side by side with arms draped around one another in the canonical triad grouping. The central figure gazes left while the flanking figures look right; each of the two outer Charites holds a flower. The composition reflects the Hellenistic artistic tradition common to the civic bronzes of Magnesia ad Maeandrum. The encircling legend in the field identifies the local magistrate responsible for the issue. |
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Philip I's reign coincided with Rome's millennial celebrations of 248 AD, and provincial mints across Asia Minor issued heavily during this period as cities competed for imperial favor through demonstrative loyalty coinage. The magistrate name recorded here — Eutyches Tychikos — follows the double-name convention common among civic officials in Ionian cities during the Severan and post-Severan period, though the specific individual is unattested outside numismatic evidence.
Magnesia ad Maeandrum held the title of neokoros, and civic pride in that status shaped much of its third-century bronze output.