Æ33 - Antoninus Pius ϹΤΕΦΑ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ

Ancyra in Galatia — modern Ankara — was among the most administratively significant cities in Asia Minor, serving as the provincial capital and home to the imperial cult. This issue falls within the conventus of Sardis for judicial purposes, an arrangement that grouped cities across considerable geographic distance under a single assize circuit. The ϹΤΕΦΑ legend references a stephanephoric magistracy, the coin's production tied directly to that office-holder's tenure rather than to any broader imperial minting schedule.