Æ30 - Philip I ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥΛ ΚΟΔΡΑΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΥ ΙΠΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΚΟΤΙΑΕΩΝ

Philip I's reign coincided with a surge in civic bronze production across Phrygia, as cities competed to honor the new emperor and secure imperial favor through demonstrative loyalty coinage. Cotiaeum, a mid-tier Phrygian city on the road between Synnada and Dorylaeum, was no exception. The magistrate named in this issue — Julius Quadratus, identified as son of Hippias the archon — reflects the hereditary local elite who controlled both civic office and the right to authorize coin production.

The dual generational reference in the legend is the detail worth noting: naming a father's office alongside the sitting magistrate's own name was a deliberate assertion of family standing, not mere formality.