Æ36 - Trajan Decius ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΚΟΜ Φ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ, ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ (sic)

Pergamum's claim to triple neokoria — the honorific right to maintain three imperial cult temples — was a fiercely contested distinction among the cities of Asia Minor, and the legend on this issue reflects that competition directly. The title had to be formally petitioned from Rome, and Pergamum spent considerable political capital defending its precedence against rival Smyrna and Ephesus throughout the third century. The magistrate Glycon, named here as strategos, is attested on a small cluster of issues under Trajan Decius, placing his tenure with reasonable confidence in 249–251.

The "sic" notation in the reference suggests an anomalous spelling in the neokoria legend — worth checking against the die for a possible engraver's error rather than a variant tradition.