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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3442226, member: 75937&quot;]An interesting little Roman provincial at a good price. The coin was issued by the local magistrate of Hierocaesarea, a town in Lydia about fifteen miles south of Thyatira (BMC <i>Lydia</i> (vol. 22) p. lvii). The town was originally called Hieracome after an ancient sanctuary of Artemis Persica and struck coins from the first century B.C. The town&#039;s name was subsequently changed to Hierocaesarea by Tiberius. Coinage in the name of Hierocaesarea (Quasi-autonomous and Imperial) ranges from the time of Nero to that of Severus Alexander.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not unexpectedly -- because the town was built around a sanctuary to this goddess -- the coins of this city commonly feature Artemis Persica. Persic Artemis is depicted in ancient art as a winged female with a lion on either side of her (Cook AB, <i>The Journal of Hellenic Studies</i>, Vol. 15 (1895), p. 11). We know this is Artemis Persica because coins of the city frequently bear the inscription ΠΕΡΣΙΚΗ along with the bust of Artemis on the obverse (BMC <i>Lydia </i>nos. 1, 5-10).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]913972[/ATTACH] </p><p>Quasi-autononymous issue, time of Nero.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 14.6 mm, 3.24 g, 6h.</p><p>Lydia, Hierocaesarea; Magistrate Capito, AD 54-68.</p><p>Obv: ЄΠΙ ΚΑΠΙΤѠΝΟC, draped bust of Artemis Persica, right, with bow and quiver at her back.</p><p>Rev: ΙЄΡΟ-ΚΑICΑΡ-ЄΩΝ, Artemis in short chiton, right, with one knee on back of stag, which she pulls down by the antlers.</p><p>Refs: RPC I 2391; BMC v.22, p.102, 3. </p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your coins of Hierocaesarea, coins of Persic Artemis, or anything else you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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