Æ33 - Gordian III ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠ ΕΠΙ Χ ΚΛΕΑΡΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΔΩ

Hadrianopolis in Phrygia — not to be confused with the more famous Thracian city — was a minor civic mint whose output under Gordian III was tied directly to local magistrates, with the coin naming both a strategist and a secondary official. The inclusion of ΚΛΕΑΡΧΟΥ and ΘΕΟΔΩ on a single issue suggests a collegial magistracy, an arrangement documented at several Phrygian cities during the Severan and early Antonine periods that persisted into the third century.

Gordian III's reign saw a marked surge in provincial bronze production across Asia Minor, partly filling gaps left by disrupted central supply. Philomelium's conventus was administered from a region increasingly exposed to Sassanid pressure after 240.