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Æ22 - Maximinus ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ (or ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ)
| Issuer | Mint of Ephesus |
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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 | Artemis Phosphoros (Bringer of Light) depicted standing to the right, wearing a short chiton with a quiver at her shoulder in her role as divine huntress. She holds a long torch grasped with both hands, the attribute identifying her specifically as Phosphoros, a cult epithet closely associated with the city of Ephesus. The figure is rendered in the elegant provincial Greek style characteristic of the Ephesian mint under the Severan dynasty. The encircling legend proclaims Ephesus's status as a thrice-neocorate city. |
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Ephesus held the title of neokoros — official temple warden for the imperial cult — multiple times over, and coins advertising that status were a deliberate civic boast. The gamma (Γ) on this issue signals the city's third such wardenship, a distinction granted and carefully tracked because it conferred prestige, tax privileges, and standing in the complex hierarchy of Asian civic competition. Maximinus Thrax never visited the eastern provinces during his three-year reign, making these issues purely a product of local initiative rather than any imperial tour.