Æ22 - Tiberius ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΕΠΙ ΠΕΤΡΩΝΙΟΥ

Struck under the authority of the proconsul Petronius, this provincial bronze belongs to a series issued by Smyrna during a period when the city was aggressively competing with Ephesus and Pergamon for the title of "First City of Asia." Smyrna had already won one neokorate — the right to maintain an imperial cult temple — and the civic pride embedded in these local issues reflects that rivalry directly.

Petronius held the proconsulship of Asia around 29–35 AD, providing the bracket for this issue. His name appearing on the coin follows standard Asian provincial practice of anchoring civic issues to the sitting Roman governor's tenure.