Æ35 - Antoninus Pius ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟϹΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ ΓΡΑΤΟΥ ΜΗΤΡ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ

Magnesia ad Maeandrum's civic coinage under Antoninus Pius was tied directly to the tenure of local magistrates, and the name ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΗΣ ΓΡΑΤΟΣ preserved in the legend dates this issue to a specific, recoverable administration — one of several Magnesian series where the strategos effectively signed the bronze. The city sat on a frequently silted branch of the Maeander and had a complicated relationship with neighboring Miletus, whose conventus jurisdiction it fell under for Roman administrative purposes despite Magnesia's own deep civic pride.