Æ17 - Septimius Severus ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ

Hypaepa was a small Lydian city in the Cayster River valley whose civic coinage under Septimius Severus reflects the broader explosion of Greek imperial bronze production that followed his victory in the civil wars of 193–197 AD. Cities across the Ephesian conventus seized on the new dynasty's need for legitimacy in the eastern provinces, flooding local markets with bronze issues that effectively advertised imperial recognition. Hypaepa's output from this period is modest in volume and rarely surfaces in the trade.