Æ27 - Gordian III ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ, ΘΙϹ

Cibyra's designation as the capital of its own conventus — one of the judicial districts Augustus reorganized across Asia Minor — gave the city unusual minting authority that persisted well into the third century. The ΘΙϹ in the legend denotes a third neokorate honor, a title cities competed fiercely to obtain from the emperor, typically tied to the establishment of an imperial cult temple. Gordian III's brief reign generated a concentrated burst of provincial coinage across the eastern mints, many cities seizing the opportunity of a new emperor's accession to curry favor and reassert civic prestige.