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Æ35 - Philip I ϹΑΓΑΛΑϹϹΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Sagalassus (Pisidia) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A lion standing left in a dynamic pose, grasping a hunting spear diagonally in its jaws while raising its left fore-paw. The reverse type evokes the civic imagery common to Pisidian city coinages of the Imperial period. The legend ϹΑΓΑΛΑϹϹΕΩΝ arcs around the upper field, identifying the issuing city of Sagalassus. |
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| Mint | Sagalassus (Pisidia) |
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Sagalassus was among the most prolific civic minting cities in Pisidia, and its output under Philip I reflects the broader explosion of provincial bronze coinage that filled the gap as Roman silver deteriorated catastrophically during the third-century crisis. The city held neokoros status and leveraged imperial reigns aggressively to assert civic prestige through coinage.
At 35mm and over 23 grams, this is a large civic issue — the heaviest denomination Sagalassus regularly produced. The archaeological site itself, excavated extensively by a Belgian team since 1990, has yielded die studies that help sequence the Philip I issues more precisely than most Pisidian civic series.