Æ36 - Philip I ΕΠΙ ΦΛΑ ΦΙΛΙΚΟΥ ΑΡΧΙΕ ΕΥΜΕΝΕΩΝ ΑΧΑΙΩΝ

Eumenea, a Phrygian city refounded by Attalid king Eumenes II in the second century BC, retained strong civic pride in that Greek heritage well into the Roman imperial period — hence the "ΑΧΑΙΩΝ" ethnic designation, a claim to Achaean descent that the city actively promoted on its coinage. The archiereus Flavius Philikos named in the obverse legend held the provincial imperial cult priesthood, a magistracy wealthy enough that its holders typically financed the coin issue personally.

Philip I's reign produced a notable surge in provincial bronze across the Apamean conventus, likely tied to the quinquennalia celebrations of 248 AD and the simultaneous pressures of his Danubian campaigns draining central treasury resources.