Æ21 - Maximinus ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ

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.