LYDIA. Philadelphia. Septimius Severus, 193-211. Hexassarion (Orichalcum, 35 mm, 26.47 g, 6 h), Ioulianos Apol., strategos. Homonoia with Sardis, 205-209. AY•K•Λ•CЄΠ• - CЄOYHPOC•Π• Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from behind. Rev. •ЄΠI•CTPA•IOYΛIA•NOY•A•ΠOΛ•ΦIΛAΔЄ•CAPΔI• / •OMONOIA• On the left, facing cult statue of Artemis, wearing kalathos and with supports; on the right, facing statue of Kore of Sardis, wearing tall crown, between poppy on the left and grain ear on the right. BMC -. Franke & Nollé -. GRPC -. Imhoof-Blumer, Lydische Stadtmünzen, -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Leypold -. SNG von Aulock -. Apparently unpublished and unique. A beautiful Homonoia issue with a bold portrait. Good very fine.


Ioulianos Apol. appears on coins of Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla Augustus and Geta Caesar, dating him to 198-209. His tenure can be narrowed down somewhat further, as his coins show both Caracalla and Geta as young men, rendering a date of circa 205-209 likely, all the more as none of Ioulianos' coins show Plautilla (202-205). It is worth noting that GRPC 336 cites a coin of Caracalla in the name of Ioulianos as archon rather than strategos. He thus either held both offices, or perhaps more likely, the coin, of which just a drawing exists, was misread, and in fact also referred to Ioulianos as strategos.