Æ22 - Hadrian ΕΠΙ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΑΝΔΡΟ ϹΑΛΗΝΩΝ

Sala was a small Lydian city in the Hermus valley whose civic coinage under Hadrian reflects the broader explosion of Greek imperial bronze production that accompanied his philhellenic policies — he actively encouraged eastern cities to assert local identity through coinage. The magistrate name preserved in the obverse legend, Gaius Valerius Andros, anchors this piece to a specific administrative moment in Sala's otherwise sparsely documented civic history.

The reference III#2447A suggests a catalogued rarity within the Sala series; the city's output was modest compared to neighbors like Sardis or Smyrna.