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Æ35 - Philip I ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕ (Κ), ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ, Α
| Issuer | Sardes (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Weight | 21.98 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I (Philip the Arab) facing right, seen from the front, rendered in the provincial Greek style characteristic of the Sardis mint. The emperor's effigy displays a radiate laurel wreath, with visible folds of the paludamentum over the shoulder and the scales or ridges of the cuirass beneath. The encircling Greek legend runs around the periphery of the field, identifying the emperor by his full imperial titulature. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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The Chrysanthina was one of the great sacred festivals of Sardis, held in honor of Artemis and drawing competitors from across the Greek East. Philip I's reign saw an unusual concentration of civic coinage tied to agonistic festivals — likely a deliberate policy of cultivating loyalty in the eastern provinces through religious and athletic patronage rather than military presence. The strategos Aurelius Herakleidianos, named in the obverse legend, was a local magistrate whose office carried responsibility for overseeing both the coinage and the games themselves.