Æ24 - Gallienus sole reign) (ϹΤΡΑ ΚΑ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ΚΥΖΙΚΗ/ΝΩ / Β / ΝΕΟΚΟΡ

Cyzicus held the rare distinction of double neokorate status under the imperial cult — the "B" (beta) designation in this coin's inscription marks the city's second temple wardenship, an honor granted incrementally and jealously guarded as a source of civic prestige and festival revenue. During Gallienus's sole reign after Valerian's capture by Shapur I in 260, the eastern mints and civic issues proliferated as the empire splintered; local bronzes like this one filled the gap left by increasingly debased central coinage.