Æ22 - Maximinus ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Maximinus Thrax never set foot in Asia Minor during his reign, yet cities throughout the conventus of Ephesus struck bronzes in his name as a matter of administrative loyalty — or political prudence. Metropolis was a minor Ionian city whose civic coinage output was modest at the best of times, making issues from this reign scarcer than the short three-year window alone would suggest.

The city's ethnic ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ distinguishes these pieces from the several other Asia Minor cities sharing the Metropolis name.