Æ38 - Severus Alexander ΕΠΙ Γ ΦΛ ΤΡΟΦΙΜΟΥ ΑΡ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ

Cyzicus held the rare distinction of multiple neokorate titles — the right to maintain an imperial cult temple — making it one of the most politically connected cities in Roman Asia Minor. The magistrate named in this issue, Gaius Flavius Trophimos, served as archon during Severus Alexander's reign, a period when civic pride in such honorifics was fiercely guarded and frequently advertised on bronze coinage precisely because Rome had begun tightening control over which cities could claim them.

At 38mm, this falls among the largest civic bronzes Cyzicus produced, a size reserved for prestige issues intended to circulate as much as statements of status as currency.