Æ35 - Gordian III ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ, ΖΙϹ

Cibyra occupied an awkward administrative position in the Roman provincial system — technically within Phrygia but assigned to the Lycian conventus for judicial purposes, a quirk that earned it the right to host assizes and, consequently, the prestige to strike coinage of this module. The ΖΙϹ inscription denotes a neokorate status, indicating the city held an imperial cult, almost certainly confirmed under Gordian III himself rather than inherited from an earlier grant.

The weight sits toward the heavier end for this denomination from the Cibyratan series, consistent with dies early in the reign before output expanded.