Æ24 - Marcus Aurelius ΨΗΦΙϹΑΜΕΝΟΥ ΦΛΑΥΒΙΟΥ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥϹ

Stratonicea, tucked into the Carian interior, was a city that punched above its weight politically throughout the imperial period. The magistrate named in this coin's inscription — Flavius Diomedes — held the office of psephisamenos, a civic role responsible for formally ratifying decrees, a position that carried enough prestige to earn him this permanent record in bronze. The Flavian nomen almost certainly reflects his family's grant of citizenship under Vespasian or one of his sons, a common reward for provincial elites who cooperated with Roman administrative ambitions in Asia Minor.