Magnesia ad Maeandrum was one of several Ionian cities competing for the title neokoros — warden of an imperial cult temple — during the Severan period, and civic bronze issues under named magistrates like Secundus were a primary vehicle for broadcasting that ambition to Rome. The magistrate's name in the genitive, prominent in the legend, served as both administrative record and personal advertisement.
Elagabalus's four-year reign generated substantial provincial output across the Conventus of Miletus before his murder by the Praetorian Guard in March 222.
Magnesia ad Maeandrum was one of several Ionian cities competing for the title neokoros — warden of an imperial cult temple — during the Severan period, and civic bronze issues under named magistrates like Secundus were a primary vehicle for broadcasting that ambition to Rome. The magistrate's name in the genitive, prominent in the legend, served as both administrative record and personal advertisement.
Elagabalus's four-year reign generated substantial provincial output across the Conventus of Miletus before his murder by the Praetorian Guard in March 222.