Æ23 - Severus Alexander ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ *

Ephesus held the convening seat of its assize district, and civic bronze issues from the city under Severus Alexander were produced in considerable volume to meet the demands of local commercial exchange across the conventus. The mint was prolific and politically attentive — Alexander's reign saw a notable uptick in Asian civic bronzes flattering the emperor's association with divine favor, part of a broader effort by eastern cities to secure imperial goodwill following the turbulent transitions of the Severan period.

VI#5004 is catalogued in the standard corpus for Ephesian civic coinage. The asterisk in the trade designation typically flags a variant or subtype within that reference number.