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Æ16 - Gordian III ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Metropolis (Ionia) (Conventus of Ephesus) |
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| Year | 238-244 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ (Translation: of the Metropolitans) |
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Metropolis in Ionia was a minor city that punched above its weight administratively by securing the title of metropolis — a civic honor that required both political maneuvering and financial outlay in the form of imperial cult obligations. The ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ legend on this issue is itself a declaration of that hard-won status, minted under a teenage emperor whose Praetorian Guard origins made him peculiarly dependent on provincial loyalty.
The city's bronze output under Gordian III is sparsely attested, and the VII.1#458.2 reference places this among a small cluster of documented types from the reign.