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Æ14
| Issuer | Hierocaesarea |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A tall, flame-topped illuminated altar adorned with hanging garlands, rendered in frontal view and set upon a stepped base. The altar is centrally placed within the field, its flames rising from the top register, emphasising the cultic significance of the sanctuary at Hierocaesarea. The encircling legend IEΡOKAICAΡEΩN identifies the issuing civic authority. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Hierocaesarea, a small city in Lydia, minted under Hadrian with unusual consistency for a community of its size — its civic coinage is notable precisely because the city's chief claim to fame was its temple of Persian Artemis, a cult site explicitly exempted from Roman interference by Tiberius in an early display of religious accommodation toward eastern sanctuaries. The RPC III assignment to 1863A places this among a closely studied group where obverse die-sharing between Hierocaesarea and neighboring Lydian mints has been documented.