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Æ18 - Maximinus C R I F S AN CCCV
| Issuer | Sinope (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 235-236 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (235-236) |
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The date formula CCCV — year 305 of the Pontic era, corresponding to 235–236 AD — places this issue in the very first year of Maximinus Thrax's reign, a man who seized power by having his predecessor Alexander Severus murdered in a military camp on the Rhine. Sinope, a Roman colony with deep roots as a Greek Black Sea trading post, maintained its own civic calendar long after provincial integration, which is precisely why this bronze carries a local year count rather than a consular date.
Maximinus never visited Rome during his entire reign. He ruled entirely from military camps.