Æ25 - Gordian III ϹΤΡ ΑΠΟΛΙΝΑΡΙΟΥ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ

Adramyteum, a coastal city in Mysia on the eastern Aegean, struck provincial bronze throughout the third century under the authority of local magistrates whose names appear prominently in the coin legends. The strategos Apolinarios named here held civic responsibility for this issue — a bureaucratic function that carried genuine political weight in a period when imperial authority was increasingly unstable.

Gordian III came to power at thirteen, the youngest sole emperor Rome had yet seen, after two predecessors were killed within weeks of each other in 238's chaotic Year of the Six Emperors.