Æ20 - Tiberius ΤΙΒ ΓΕΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΣ

Cyrenaica's bronze coinage under Tiberius reflects the province's awkward administrative pairing with Crete — a union imposed by Augustus in 27 BC that served Roman bureaucratic convenience more than geographic logic. The two regions shared a single proconsul based in Gortyn, meaning Cyrene's civic and monetary affairs were governed from an island nearly 400 kilometers away. Tiberius showed little personal interest in the eastern provinces, and local bronze issues like this one filled the small-denomination void that Rome's central mints ignored entirely.