Æ48 - Philip I ΕΠΙ ΦΛ ΑΕΛ ΠΡΕΙϹΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΩ ΤΟ Β ΔΑΛΔΙΑΝΩΝ

Daldis was a minor Lydian city whose chief claim to ancient fame was as the birthplace of Artemidorus, the second-century author of the Oneirocritica, the most systematic treatise on dream interpretation to survive from antiquity. The magistrate named in this issue's legend — Flavius Aelius Preiscus — held the title of archon protos for the second time, a detail the inscription makes explicit and that places him among the more prominent local officials documented on Daldianan bronze.

Philip I's reign produced a surge in provincial civic coinage across Asia Minor, partly driven by the celebrations surrounding Rome's millennial year in 248 AD.