Lydia, Hieracome-Hierocaesarea
Time of Nero to Hadrian. 54-138 CE
AE 15mm 3.13g
Obv: PEPCIKH, bust Artemis Persike right with quiver.
Rev: ΙΕΡΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΩΝ, burning garlanded altar.
RPC III 1855
Hierocaesarea comes from the Greek word for sacred and the Latin word for Caesar’s. Numerous funerary inscriptions have been found at the site, though it was poorly attested in ancient times. Artemis Persike is depicted on most of its coins, and thus she must have been worshipped there.