Æ32 - Severus Alexander ΜΙΔΑΕΩΝ

Midaeum was a minor Phrygian city whose civic coinage output under the Severan dynasty was modest and geographically constrained — these bronzes circulated within a tight regional economy and rarely traveled far. The conventus of Synnada, to which Midaeum was administratively subordinate, handled judicial assizes for the surrounding communities, and civic coinages from member cities often spiked during the years an emperor's image was politically useful to local magistrates seeking favor.

Severus Alexander's thirteen-year reign produced a broad diaspora of provincial bronzes across Asia Minor, but Midaeum's contribution to that output was slim. VI#5728 is among a handful of attributed types from this city.