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AR23 - Philip I L - Ζ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 249 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I (the Arab) facing right, depicted from behind, with the laurel wreath tied at the nape and military paludamentum visible at the shoulder. The emperor's beard is rendered in fine detail, consistent with Alexandrian workshop style. The encircling Greek legend runs along the outer border of the coin's field. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Philip I's Egyptian coinage is dated by regnal year — the Ζ (year 7) places this piece in 249/250 AD, the final year of his reign. He was killed that autumn at the Battle of Verona when his army defected to Decius, making year-7 Alexandrian issues the last struck in his name. The billon content of provincial Egyptian coinage had been declining steadily since the Severan period, and by Philip's reign the silver content was negligible enough that these circulated essentially as fiduciary currency within Egypt's closed monetary system.