Æ34 - Elagabalus ΕΠΙ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΕΡΜΟΦΙΛΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΑ

Sardis held the title of neokoros — official keeper of an imperial cult temple — three times over, a distinction fiercely competed among the cities of Asia Minor and granted by the Roman Senate. The legend referencing a third neokorate places this coin within a narrow window of Elagabalus's reign when Sardis was actively advertising that status on its civic coinage. The magistrate name Sulpicius Hermophilus appears across several issues from this period, suggesting a term of office that was either unusually productive in bronze output or that spanned multiple minting campaigns.

The ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΑ reference almost certainly alludes to ecumenical games held at Sardis — contests of empire-wide standing, not merely regional ones.