Æ33 - Septimius Severus ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ

Hypaepa was a minor Lydian city in the Cayster River valley whose civic coinage under the Severan dynasty followed the broader explosion of Greek Imperial bronze production across western Anatolia. Cities throughout the Ephesian conventus used such issues partly for local exchange but also as vehicles for demonstrating loyalty to a new emperor — Septimius Severus came to power through civil war in 193, defeating rivals Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus, and provincial mints across Asia Minor were quick to advertise their allegiance.

The ethnic ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ places this firmly within the city's own magistrate-supervised output, though Hypaepa's bronze series from this reign remains sparsely documented in the major corpora.