Æ30 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟϹ Β ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ

Cadi was a small Phrygian city whose coins routinely name the local magistrate responsible for the issue — here, Aurelius Kleopatoros, serving in his second term as the presiding civic official. This naming convention, common across the Greek cities of Asia Minor under Roman rule, was not mere formality: the magistrate bore personal financial responsibility for the striking, effectively underwriting the local bronze supply out of civic obligation or, in some cases, naked ambition for public honors.

Gordian III's reign generated an unusually dense run of civic bronzes across the Sardis conventus, likely driven by the economic disruption following the Year of the Six Emperors in 238.