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Æ33 - Philip I ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Tripolis (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Weight | 14.66 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of fortune and civic prosperity, depicted standing in full figure facing left at the centre of the field. She holds a ship's rudder in her right hand, resting it on the ground, and carries a cornucopia in her left arm, symbolising abundance and the city's good fortune. The encircling Greek ethnic legend names the issuing city of Tripolis in Lydia. The composition follows the standard provincial reverse type for civic coinage of this region and period. |
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Tripolis on the Maeander — not to be confused with the more famous Levantine cities sharing the name — was a mid-tier Lydian city whose civic coinage under Philip I reflects the broader explosion of provincial bronze production during his reign. Philip, having secured the throne by almost certainly arranging the murder of Gordian III near Zaitha in 244, needed rapid legitimation across the eastern provinces, and cities like Tripolis obliged with flattering civic issues.
The Conventus of Sardis administered a dense cluster of Lydian minting towns; VIII#20618 is among the larger module pieces from this group.