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Æ23 - Maximinus ΑΥΡ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Neapolis ad Harpasum (Conventus of Alabanda) |
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| Year | 235-238 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Maximinus I (Thrax) facing right, portrayed three-quarter from the rear in the characteristic provincial Roman style. The effigy displays the emperor's distinctive broad features with a laurel wreath crowning the head. A Greek imperial titulature legend surrounds the bust, reading clockwise within the border of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Γ Ι ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus) |
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Neapolis ad Harpasum was a minor Lydian city whose civic coinage under Maximinus Thrax reflects the awkward political reality of his reign: a Thracian soldier of low birth elevated by a military coup, never once setting foot in Rome, and deeply unpopular with the senatorial class that controlled historical memory. Provincial mints like this one continued issuing civic bronzes regardless, their loyalty expressed in the imperial titulature while Rome itself grew increasingly restive.
The conventus of Alabanda administered this region's juridical affairs, grouping Neapolis administratively with larger neighbors. The city's output under Maximinus is sparse, making VI#5336 a relatively scarce civic type from a three-year reign that ended with his murder outside Aquileia in 238.