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Æ33 - Severus Alexander ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕωΝ ΕΠΙ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΥ
| Issuer | City of Philomelium (Conventus of Philomelium) |
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| Year | 222-235 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse lettering | ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕωΝ ΕΠΙ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΥ (Translation: of the Philomelians, under Paulus son of Hadrianus) |
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| Mint | Philomelium, Phrygia |
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Philomelium, a Phrygian city on the road between Apamea and Iconium, retained the right to strike civic bronze under Severus Alexander — a privilege that depended entirely on local magistrates petitioning the imperial administration for authorization. The name Paulou Adrianou in the legend identifies the issuing magistrate, a local worthy whose family connection to the Hadrianic period may suggest hereditary civic prominence across generations.
Provincial Phrygian bronzes of this size were struck for purely local exchange; Roman silver rarely penetrated rural Anatolian markets at sufficient volume to displace them.