Æ27 - Titus ΕΠΙ Τ ΦΛ ΕΙϹΙΓΟΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, ϹΤΡΑ

Sardis served as the administrative center of the conventus Sardianus under the Roman provincial system in Asia, and the strategos named in this coin's inscription — Titus Flavius Eisigonos — held a magistracy that combined civic prestige with direct responsibility for local coin production. The very short window of Titus's reign, just over two years, makes any bronze issue from this period necessarily limited in total output. Provincial bronzes attributable to named magistrates from Titus's reign are considerably scarcer than equivalent Vespasian or Domitian issues from the same mints.