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Æ31 - Gordian III ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ ϹΤΡ ΑΙΛ ΔΟΜ ϹΤΕΦ ΤΑΕΤΑ
| Issuer | Hypaepa (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis depicted standing facing, rendered in the characteristic xoanon style with a tall polos crown, the figure shown in a rigid, frontal hieratic posture with arms extended and adorned with multiple rows of pendants or breast ornaments. The statue type reflects the syncretic local worship of Artemis assimilated with the Anatolian goddess Anaïtis, well attested at Hypaepa. The multi-part Greek legend naming the civic magistrates encircles the field along the rim, with the name ΤΑΕΤΑ partially visible in the lower exergual area. |
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Hypaepa was a small Lydian city whose civic coinage punched well above its weight during the Severan and Gordian periods, largely because it held a notable sanctuary of Persian Artemis — a cult unusual enough to attract imperial attention. The magistrate name preserved in this legend, Ael. Dom. Steph. Taeta, is recorded in the Corpus and helps anchor the coin's administrative sequence within the city's surprisingly prolific bronze output under Gordian III.