Æ24 - Septimius Severus ΕΡΜΟΚΑΠΗΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Hermocapelia was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage exists almost entirely because provincial centers needed local bronze for small transactions the imperial mint had no interest in supplying. The conventus of Pergamum administered a sprawling district, and member cities like Hermocapelia struck under that umbrella with considerable autonomy over types and legends. Surviving examples are scarce in any condition — the city's output was never large, and Lydian provincial bronzes of this size circulated hard before disappearing into the soil.