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Æ37 - Philip I ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ Γ ΝΙΓΡ ΑΡΧ Α ΒΛΑΥΝΔΕΩΝ ΜΑΚ
| Issuer | Blaundus (Conventus of Sardis) |
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| Year | 244-249 |
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| Diameter | 37 mm |
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| Reverse description | Apollo-Mên advancing right on horseback, carrying a double axe (labrys) over his right shoulder, confronting Hermes standing left, who holds a purse in his extended right hand and a caduceus in his left. The syncretic pairing of Apollo-Mên, a prominent Anatolian lunar deity, with Hermes reflects the religious eclecticism characteristic of Lydian civic coinage. The composition fills the field dynamically, with the magistrate's lengthy legend distributed around the perimeter within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Blaundus was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under Philip I leaned heavily on the prestige of named local magistrates — the inscription here records what appears to be a two-official formula, with Aurelius Glycon and a second figure sharing administrative credit, an arrangement attested in several Blaundine issues of this period. The city struck bronze at relatively large module during Philip's reign, likely to maintain visibility within the competitive civic coinage environment of the Sardis conventus, where neighboring cities such as Sardis and Philadelphia commanded far greater resources.