Æ40 - Philip I ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΤΥΛΟϹ, ΓΗ

Sardis held the title of twice-neokoros — keeper of two imperial cult temples — a distinction awarded by Rome and fiercely contested among the great cities of Asia Minor. The magistrate named in this issue, Aurelius Herakleidianos, is attested across a small cluster of bronzes from Philip I's reign, placing this piece within a clearly defined local administrative moment. The reverse type referencing Tylos and Ge is unusual iconographic territory for a Sardian civic bronze, and the combination has drawn attention in the literature on provincial coinage precisely because it is not formulaic.