Æ28 - Severus Alexander ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ (sometimes, reversed Ζ) ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ

Cyzicus held the rare distinction of multiple neocorate titles — the honorific granted by Rome to cities that built and maintained an imperial cult temple — and the occasional reversal of the zeta in ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ on this issue is a die-cutter's error that has since become a useful variety marker for collectors. Such spelling anomalies are not uncommon in provincial bronze production, where local workshops operated without the strict quality controls imposed on official Roman mint output.