Æ22 - Maximinus ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ

Nicaea's civic bronze output under Maximinus Thrax reflects a political awkwardness the city navigated carefully. Maximinus, who seized power in 235 following the assassination of Alexander Severus, was the first emperor of fully barbarian origin — a Thracian of obscure birth who never once visited Rome during his three-year reign. Provincial mints like Nicaea continued striking in his name out of administrative necessity, not enthusiasm.

His reign ended when the Senate declared him a public enemy in 238, the so-called Year of the Six Emperors.