Æ38 - Commodus ΕΠΙ ΑΡΙϹΤΕΑ ϹΤ (Α) (ΠΡΩ) ΔΙοϹΙΕΡΕΙΤΩΝ

Dios Hieron was a small civic mint in the Lydian interior, operating under the conventus of Ephesus, whose output under Commodus survives in very limited numbers. The magistrate name ΑΡΙϹΤΕΑϹ appears across a tight cluster of issues, suggesting a single term of office responsible for the entire local bronze programme during this window. The designation ΠΡΩ — indicating a protos or leading civic title — points to a benefactor funding coinage as much as administering it.