Æ35 - Elagabalus ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΡ ΧΑΡΙΞΕΝΟΥ ϹΤΡΑΤ

The homonoia coinage between Sardis and Hypaepa reflects the competitive civic culture of western Anatolia under the Severan dynasty, where neighboring cities negotiated formal concord agreements — partly for prestige, partly to smooth commercial relations along shared trade routes. Hypaepa, a small city in the Cayster valley, rarely appears as an equal partner in such arrangements with a metropolis the size of Sardis, making the joint magistracy inscription here — naming both Aurelius Dionysios and Aurelius Charixenos as strategoi — unusually detailed administrative documentation for a provincial bronze issue.