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Æ35 - Elagabalus ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Δ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
| Issuer | City of Hierapolis (Conventus of Cibyra) |
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| Year | 218-222 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The homonoia ("concord") coinage between Hierapolis in Phrygia and Ephesus reflects a well-documented practice of civic alliance coinage that flourished under the Severan emperors, when Asian cities competed fiercely for imperial honorifics. Ephesus held the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — four times over, a distinction pointedly advertised on joint issues like this one. Hierapolis, for its part, leveraged such alliances to punch above its administrative weight within the Conventus of Cibyra.
The Elagabalus reign window for this type is narrow: just under four years before his murder in March 222.