Æ18 - Maximinus ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ

Nysa-Scythopolis occupied an awkward position under Maximinus Thrax — a city with deep Hellenistic civic pride, struck under an emperor whose reign the Senate would eventually declare an enemy of the state. Local bronze issues like this one were produced entirely at civic expense, with no imperial mint involvement, making the decision to flatter Maximinus a calculated political hedge by the local boule rather than a directive from Rome.