Hypaepa in Lydia, 198-209 AD., Geta Caesar, issued by magistrate Mardianos, Æ 23, unlisted.

Hypaepa in Lydia, Geta Caesar, issued by magistrate Mardianos, 198-209 AD.,
Æ 23 (22-23 mm / 5,53 g),
Obv.: Λ CЄ ΓЄ - TAC KAI , bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from back.
Rev.: ЄΠI MΑΓΔIAN - OY ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝ / Ω - Ν , statue of Artemis Anaïtis.
unlisted .

magistrate´s name is Mardianos, not Magdianos, clearly visible on SNG Turkey 7, 380 (Geta, different reverse.
Magdianos is a mistake in Münsterberg, corrected in SNG Cop. und Leschhorn.
thanks to Dane (“Helvetica“) for the correction


Artemis Anaïtis was a fusion of the Persian goddess Anahita and the Greek Artemis. Tacitus (Annals 62) refers to the syncretic deity simply as the “Persian Diana”, who had a temple in Lydia “dedicated in the reign in of Cyrus” (presumably Cyrus the Great).