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Æ19 - Maximinus ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicaea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 235-238 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Three upright military standards displayed side by side, each surmounted by a wreath, rendered in a schematic provincial style characteristic of Bithynian civic bronzes. The standards are flanked by additional decorative elements at the base. The ethnic legend ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ is inscribed around or beneath the standards in the field, identifying the issuing city of Nicaea. |
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Nicaea's civic bronze issues under Maximinus Thrax reflect the city's continued autonomy in local coinage during a reign defined by military extraction and senatorial hostility. Maximinus never visited the eastern provinces — he spent his entire rule campaigning on the Rhine and Danube frontiers — meaning these provincial issues served populations who would never have seen the emperor in person. His assassination outside Aquileia in 238, the culmination of the Year of the Six Emperors, ended the series abruptly.