Æ36 - Philip I ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΠΡ ΤΟ Β ΚΙΔΥΗϹϹΕΩΝ

Cidyessus was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage under Philip I reflects the intense competition among small Asian municipalities for imperial favor during his reign. The magistrate named in the legend — Aurelius Marcus, holding the office of archon for the second time — is known from only a handful of dies, making issues bearing his tenure among the more precisely attributable in the city's output. Philip's five-year reign generated a concentrated burst of provincial bronze across the conventus of Synnada, much of it issued to fund local festivals and religious obligations rather than trade.