Æ35 - Septimius Severus ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ

The homonoia ("concord") coinage shared between Tripolis and Laodicea reflects a specific civic diplomacy practiced in the Greek cities of Asia Minor, where formal alliances between neighboring poleis were advertised through jointly issued bronze. These issues were not currency in any redistributive sense — they functioned closer to public monuments in coin form, circulated locally to demonstrate political alignment. The timing under Septimius Severus is pointed: cities in the Sardis conventus were actively courting imperial favor following the civil wars of 193 AD, and homonoia issues offered a visible, low-cost gesture of stability.