Æ35 - Trajan Decius ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΠΩΛΛ Β ΓΑΟΥ Α-ΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β, ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Philadelphia in Lydia was among the most enthusiastic claimants of the neokorate title, the honorific granted by Rome to cities permitted to maintain an imperial cult temple. The city held multiple neokorate distinctions, reflected in the ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ formula on this issue. Trajan Decius actively encouraged imperial cult activity — partly as ideological consolidation after wresting power from Philip I — making his reign a productive moment for civic bronze issues tied to religious prestige.

The strategos Aurelius Rufinus Pollion, named in the obverse legend, is attested only through coinage of this type.