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Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D., Hypaepa, Lydia
Hypaepa, Lydia was on the route between Sardis and Ephesus, 42 miles from Ephesus, near the north bank of the Cayster River. The ruins are close to the present-day village of Gunluce, Turkey, 4 km NW of Odemis. According to myth, the women of Hypaepa received the gift of a form of dance from Aphrodite and Hypaepa was the home of Arachne before she became a spider. The Persian goddess Anahita, later called Artemis Anaitis, was worshiped as at Hypaepa. An inscription from the synagogue of Sardis indicates a Jewish community in Hypaepa. In 88 B.C., Hypaepa rebelled against Mithridates VI of Pontus and was severely punished. Under Tiberius it was a candidate to receive a temple dedicated to worship of the emperor, but was rejected as too insignificant. To judge by the number of Byzantine churches that it contained, Hypaepa flourished under the Byzantine Empire.RS43703. Bronze AE 32, BMC Lydia p. 119, 61; SNGvA 2970; SNG Cop -; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Munchen -; SNG Tüb -; Lindgren -, VF, rough, Hypaepa (near Günlüce, Turkey) mint, weight 10.963g, maximum diameter 31.6mm, die axis 180o, obverse AYT•K•TPAIANOC•ΔEKIOC, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse YΠAIΠHNΩN EΠI CTP•ΦΛ•EPM/OΛAOY/NEI-KΩ, temple of six columns, spiral decoration, shield on pediment, containing cultus-statue of Artemis-Anaitis; very rare; SOLD
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