Æ37 - Septimius Severus ΕΠ ΠΡΥ ΕΠΙΤΥΝΧΑΝΟΝΤΟϹ Γ ΦΙΛΩΝΟϹ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ

Stratonicea was among the more assertive civic minters of Roman Caria, and the magistrate name carried in this coin's legend — Philon, serving as strategos — anchors it to a specific local administrative moment rather than an imperial one. The city had long leveraged its status as a major cult center of Zeus Panamaros and Hecate to maintain a degree of civic prestige that translated directly into an active bronze coinage under the Severans.

The weight here is on the heavy end for provincial Æ37 issues, suggesting an early strike before die wear and weight standardization drifted downward across the series.