Æ31 - Septimius Severus ΟΥ Κ ΠΡΟΚΛΑ ΑϹΙΑΡΧ ΑΤΤΟΥΔΕΩΝ

Attuda was a minor Carian city whose civic coinage depended almost entirely on the prestige of local magistrates for its authority. The legend here names a Asiarch — a title held by elected officials responsible for funding the imperial cult across Asia Minor, a costly honor that doubled as a loyalty performance directed at Rome. That a city as small as Attuda produced bronzes under a named Asiarch during the Severan period reflects how aggressively provincial elites competed for such titles in the early third century.