Æ32 - Elagabalus ΕΠ Φ ΠΑΠΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΡ Α ΤΟ Β ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Philadelphia in Lydia held the title of neokoros — official guardian of an imperial cult temple — and this coin's legend records both that distinction and a magistrate's second tenure in office, the "ΑΡ Α ΤΟ Β" marking a first archon serving for the second time. The city received its neokorate under Caracalla, making issues struck under Elagabalus among the earliest to display the title with any confidence of established precedent.

Papianus, the named strategos, is attested across a small cluster of Philadelphia bronzes from this reign — enough to suggest an active civic minting program under his administration rather than a one-off issue.