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Æ31 - Gordian III ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ ϹΤΡ ΑΙ ΑΝΤ ΤΑΕΤΑ
| Issuer | Hypaepa (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | A tetrastyle temple depicted in frontal elevation, with four fluted columns supporting an entablature and a triangular pediment ornamented with dentils; the cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis stands erect within the intercolumniation, facing the viewer. The temple rests upon a stepped podium, and a partial legend inscription appears in the lower exergual area below the stylobate. The encircling Greek field legend names the civic authority and the presiding strategos responsible for the issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ ϹΤΡ ΑΙ ΑΝΤ ΤΑΕΤΑ (Translation: of the Hypaepans, of strategos Aelius Ant— Taetas) |
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Hypaepa was a minor Lydian city in the Cayster River valley whose civic coinage under Gordian III is notable largely for its strategos inscriptions — the magistrate name embedded in this issue, Antonius Taeta, appears across a small cluster of dies from this reign, suggesting a single term of office captured across multiple emissions. Provincial bronze of this region was struck on civic authority with no direct imperial mint involvement, making the magistrate the effective guarantor of the issue.