Æ37 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ ΓΡΑ ΕΥΑΡΕϹΤΟΥ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ

Tralles, a prosperous city in the Maeander valley, held the right to strike civic bronze under Roman oversight — the magistrate name preserved in this legend, Euarestos, appears in a small cluster of issues datable to the early co-reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. The grammateus, or city secretary, functioned as the responsible official whose name guaranteed the issue, a civic accountability mechanism with no direct Roman equivalent.

The Conventus of Ephesus grouped Tralles among the most commercially active assize districts in Asia Minor, and the city's mint output during this period reflects genuine local prosperity rather than emergency production.