Philadelphia coins

Philadelphia located on the feet of the mountains Tmolos (Bozdaglar) in the eastern part of Smyrna, 45 kms away from Sardeis, was established by Attalox II, king fo Bergama in 159-138 B.C. Being a garrison town belonging to the kingdom of Bergama in the beginning and then it became a place where Macedonian migrants were dwelled. The town,in the quarter of the second century BC, had great developments on the point of economy and social and bronze coins were blown for the first time.On looking at the distribution according to the terms of the coins in this study,39 pieces of the earlier Hellenistic,34 pieces of the Roman Empire,totally 173 pieces of coins were studied.Finally,the coins of the earlier Helenistic and the Roman Empire were chronologically classified and Researched. Having been added another new coins, with the well-known coins concerning the town have we been given some new suggestions and approaches.