Æ19 - Septimius Severus ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ

Magnesia ad Maeandrum occupied an awkward position in the Roman provincial system — a city with genuine Hellenistic pedigree, home to the Temple of Artemis Leucophryene, yet administratively subordinate to the Milesian conventus rather than treated as an independent assize center. Coins issued under Septimius Severus from this mint reflect a period when the city was actively courting imperial favor, likely in the aftermath of the civil wars of 193–197 AD, during which civic loyalty needed visible demonstration.