Thyateira Lydia
pseudo-autonomous 193-235 CE
Ae 16mm, 2.9g
Obv: Laureate head of Herakles (Hercules) right
Rev: ΘYATЄIPHNΩN; Eagle standing left with head right
SNG von Aulock 3207
Thyateira was originally called Pelopia and then Semiramis before it was renamed by Seleukos I Nikatorl for his daughter. Around the time this coin was made, the city was famous for its dying and served as the center of the purple cloth trade – which was the royal color and extremely expensive.
290 BCE
Seleukos I Nikator renames Semiramis, Lydia to Thyateira in honor of his newborn daughter.