Æ23 - Trebonianus Gallus ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΗΩΝ (sic) ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

The inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΗΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ — "of the Nicomedians, twice neokoros" — records the city's status as twice-granted keeper of an imperial cult temple, an honor Nicomedia had fought to defend against its rival Nicaea for generations. The sic notation flags a spelling irregularity in the ethnic, likely a die-cutter's error rather than a regional variant. Trebonianus Gallus reigned barely two years before being killed by his own troops, making the window for provincial bronze of his reign narrow.