Hypaepa in Lydia, 218-222 AD., Elagabalus, magistrate Aurelios Charixenos, Æ 22, BMC 55.

Hypaepa in Lydia, Elagabalus, issued by magistrate Aurelios Charixenos, strategos, 218-222 AD.,
Æ 22 (22 mm / 5,73 g),
Obv.: AYT K M AVP - ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB , laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right, seen from back.
Rev.: ЄΠI AVP XAPIΞЄ - NOY CTPA ΥΠΑΙΠΗ / ΝΩN • , conical altar with sacred fire of Artemis Anaitis within tetrastyle temple; shield in pediment.
BMC Lydia pg. 118, 55 ; SNG Copenhagen - ; SNG von Aulock - ; Lindgren - .

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).