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Æ21 - Maximinus ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Prusa ad Olympum (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 235-238 |
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| Weight | 4.29 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gaius Julius Verus Maximus Caesar facing right, rendered in three-quarter view from the front, with paludamentum visible over the cuirass. The Greek legend surrounds the bust, naming the Caesar in full. The coin exhibits the provincial die-cutting style characteristic of Bithynian civic issues of the mid-third century AD. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Prusa ad Olympum was a prosperous inland city in Bithynia, traditionally founded by the Prusian king Prusias I, and its civic coinage under Maximinus Thrax belongs to a narrow window of provincial output — his reign lasted only three years before his troops murdered him outside Aquileia in 238 AD, the same year the Senate declared him a public enemy. Cities across the eastern provinces had been issuing coins in his name throughout that period, many scrambling to demonstrate loyalty to a ruler who was never popular in Rome but commanded the legions.
The reference VI#3054 places this among the rarer civic bronzes of the city; Prusa's output for this reign was modest.