Æ38 - Gordian III ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΑΙΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΥΟΥ ΙΠ ΑϹΙ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ

Saitta was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under Gordian III was administered through the conventus of Sardis — the Roman judicial district that handled both legal and monetary affairs for the region. The magistrate name preserved in the legend, Aurelius Aelius Attalianus, held the post of hipparchos and archon, a combination of civic offices that reflects the layered municipal bureaucracy typical of mid-third century Asia Minor. The notation "TO B" indicates this was his second term in the archonship.