Æ20 - Maximinus ΕΥΚΑΡΠΕΩΝ

Eucarpia was a minor Phrygian city whose coins under Maximinus Thrax carry particular weight given the circumstances of his reign. Maximinus never visited the eastern provinces — the first emperor to rule without setting foot in Rome — and his tenure was consumed entirely by Rhine and Danube campaigns. Civic bronze like this filled the local exchange vacuum his administration had neither the interest nor the infrastructure to address from the center.

The Conventus of Apamea grouped Eucarpia among dozens of small Phrygian mints whose output during this period remains poorly systematized. VI#5609 is one of the scarcer attributions in the series.