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Æ20 - Maximinus C I C A D D
| Issuer | Apamea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 235-238 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | C IVL VER MAXIMVS CAES (Translation: Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar) |
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| Mintage | ND (235-238) |
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Apamea in Bithynia was a Pontic colony with a long habit of flattering new emperors through civic bronze issues, and Maximinus Thrax — who seized power in 235 after the assassination of Severus Alexander — was the kind of ruler whose favor provincial mints were especially anxious to cultivate. He never visited the eastern provinces and had no particular connection to Bithynia; the coinage is essentially a loyalty signal from a city hedging its bets under a notoriously brutal military emperor.
His reign ended with his murder outside Aquileia in 238, the year of the six emperors.