Æ26 - Elagabalus ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚ (Ρ (Ω)

Cyzicus held the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — multiple times, and the inclusion of that honorific in the legend was a point of civic pride fiercely contested among the great cities of Asia Minor. The abbreviation ΝΕΟΚ on this bronze reflects a status formally granted by the senate in Rome, not simply assumed, making the legend itself a political document compressed into a few letters.