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Æ31 - Philip I ΕΠΙ Μ ΝΕϹΤΟ ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕΩΝ Β, S P Q R
| Issuer | City of Philomelium (Conventus of Philomelium) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Weight | 18.13 g |
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| Reverse script | Greek/Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (244-249) |
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Philomelium, a Phrygian city on the road between Laodicea Combusta and Iconium, struck its own civic bronze throughout the imperial period under local magistrates whose names appear in the obverse legend — here a certain Nestor, whose tenure fell during the reign of Philip I, the Arab. Philip's five-year reign coincided with Rome's thousandth anniversary celebrations in 248 AD, a moment of intense propagandistic activity that rippled through provincial mints across Asia Minor. The SPQR reference in the legend is a deliberate echo of that Romanizing impulse from a city keen to advertise its loyalty.