Æ32 - Septimius Severus ΕΠΙ ΑΓΩΝΟΘΕΤΟΥ ΑΡΤΕΜΑ Γ, ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ

The magistrate name recorded on this issue — Artemas, serving as agonothetes — places it within a specific civic games cycle at Apamea during the joint reign of Septimius Severus and his sons. The agonothetes was the games superintendent, a costly liturgy undertaken by wealthy local citizens at personal expense. Apamea was among the most prominent cities of Phrygia and held certified neokorate status, giving it both the prestige and the institutional framework to stage such festivals competitively against rival Phrygian cities.