Æ30 - Caracalla ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ (ΡΩΝ), ΤΟ ΠΗ

Laodicea ad Lycum held the title of neokoros — official keeper of an imperial cult temple — and this coin's reverse legend records that status explicitly, along with what appears to be a sequential temple count. The ΤΟ ΠΗ notation, read as a numerical formula, has generated scholarly debate; the most plausible interpretation links it to a civic or agonistic reckoning specific to Laodicea's calendar rather than a simple reign year. Caracalla visited the eastern provinces during 215–217 on his Parthian campaign, and cities along the conventus routes competed aggressively for imperial honorifics during precisely this window.