Æ31 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΕΡΜΟΥ ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Miletopolis was a minor Mysian city with no imperial mint of its own — its bronzes, like this one, were produced under civic authority during the brief window when Gordian III's reign offered political stability after the chaos of 238 AD, the so-called Year of the Six Emperors. The magistrate named in the legend, Aurelius Hermos, is attested in only a handful of die pairings, suggesting a tightly circumscribed civic issue rather than sustained production.

The conventus of Cyzicus administered considerable regional coinage authority, and Miletopolitan issues from this period are notably scarce in collections outside major European institutions.