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AR23 - Philip I L - Α
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 244 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Reverse description | Sarapis enthroned to the right, wearing the modius (kalathos) atop his head, holding a tall sceptre in his left hand and gathering his drapery with his right. The deity is depicted in his syncretic Graeco-Egyptian form, robed in flowing garments. The regnal year date is indicated by the Egyptian year-sign (L) to the left and the alpha (Α) to the right, both placed within the field flanking the enthroned figure. The reverse is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | L - Α |
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Philip I came to power in 244 AD after the death of Gordian III on campaign against Persia — circumstances suspicious enough that Philip himself was widely accused of engineering the young emperor's end. Egypt, administered as an imperial province under a prefect answerable directly to the emperor, absorbed the regime change with characteristic bureaucratic efficiency. The Alexandrian mint shifted allegiance without pause, issuing this billon tetradrachm in year one of the new reign, the regnal year Α indicating it was struck within months of Philip's accession.