Æ34 - Marcus Aurelius ϹΤΡΑ ΤΙ ΚΛ ϹΕΒΗΡοΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗ ΝΕοΚοΡ

Cyzicus held the title of neokoros — temple warden of the imperial cult — a status awarded by Rome and fiercely contested among rival cities of Asia Minor. The city had been granted this honor under Hadrian, and coins invoking it, as this issue does, were almost certainly produced for circulation during festival periods tied to imperial cult observances rather than for routine commercial exchange. The magistrate named in the legend, Tiberius Claudius Severus, is attested across several Cyzicene bronze issues of the Antonine period, helping anchor the emission to the early 170s.