Æ37 - Elagabalus ΧΡΥϹΟΡΟΑϹ ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ K ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ,

This homonoia issue documents a formal alliance between Hierapolis and Tripolis, two cities that shared little geography but both claimed neokoros status — the coveted honorific granted by Rome designating a city as official keeper of an imperial cult. The coin's reverse invokes the Chrysorrhoas and Maeander rivers as divine personifications binding the two cities, a rhetorical device common to such alliance coinage but rarely executed at this module. Elagabalus's reign was short and chaotic enough that civic mints in Asia Minor operated with unusual autonomy during these years.