Æ35 - Caracalla ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟϹ ΑΡΧΟΝ, ΔΕΙΑ ΑΛΙΑ ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Philadelphia in Lydia — modern Alaşehir in western Turkey — held the title of neokoros, meaning the city had been granted the right to maintain an imperial cult temple, a distinction fiercely competed for among Asian cities and occasionally stripped away as political fortunes shifted. The archon named in the inscription, Claudius Capiton, was a local magistrate whose name appearing on the coin reflects the civic pride embedded in provincial bronze issues of this period — these were as much municipal advertisement as they were money.