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.
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.