Æ22 - Trajan ΝΕΙΚΗϹ ΤΟ Δ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ, Byzantion

Byzantion's civic bronze issues under Trajan are among the more historically loaded coins in the provincial series — the city sat astride the Bosporos at the precise point where Trajan's Dacian and Parthian supply lines depended on uninterrupted passage. The legend ΝΕΙΚΗϹ ΤΟ Δ, referencing a fourth victory games, places this issue within the city's tradition of agonistic festivals tied to imperial cult observance, a practice Byzantion maintained with particular enthusiasm given its strategic dependence on Roman goodwill.