Æ35 - Philip I ϹΑΓΑΛΑϹϹΕΩΝ

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.