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LYDIA, Philadelphia. Gaius (Caligula). 37-41 AD. Æ 19mm (4.27 gm, 2h). Artemon, son of Hermogenos, moneyer. GAIOC KAICAP GEPMAN[IKOC]/NEOKAICAPEWN, laureate head right / AGRIPPI[N]AN AP[TEMW]N EPMOGENOVC, Agrippina Senior seated right on chair with ornate legs, holding sceptre and cornucopiae. RPC I 3032; Trillmich pg. 131 and Tafel 14, 15; BMC Lydia pg. 195, 55; SNG Copenhagen 372; SNG von Aulock -. VF, choice jade green patina. Rare.

It appears that the names of locals on the coins of Philadelphia do not represent magistrates in charge of a specific office, but rather citizens who may have sponsored the production of a certain series of coins. Artemon, in this case, may have dedicated a shrine to the emperor's mother, and celebrated the event with a coin issue.