Æ26 - Caracalla Ε ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΓΕΜΙΝΟΥ, ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ

Smyrna was among the most competitive cities in the province of Asia when it came to imperial honorifics, repeatedly clashing with Ephesus and Pergamon over the title of "first city" — a rivalry that played out partly through the prestige of local coinage. The strategos Aurelius Geminus, whose name appears in the magistrate formula, was one of many local officials who used coin issues to publicly advertise their loyalty to the Severan house during Caracalla's reign.

The Smyrnaean mint was prolific under Caracalla, producing an unusually wide range of denominations and types across his co-reign with Septimius Severus and his sole rule after 211.