Æ23 - Marcus Aurelius ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ (Ζ shaped as エ)

Cyzicus was among the most prolific civic minters in the Conventus of Asia, and its bronze issues under Marcus Aurelius span a wide typological range tied closely to the co-reign with Lucius Verus — making precise attribution within the 161–169 window genuinely difficult without accompanying reverse types. The epsilon-like Ζ in the ethnic ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ is a regional ligature convention well-documented across Mysia and not unique to this issue, but its presence here confirms a specific die workshop rather than a later restrike.