Æ23 - Maximinus ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ

Nicaea was among the most prolific civic minters in Bithynia, and the city's bronze output under Maximinus Thrax reflects a broader provincial pattern: local authorities continued striking in their own names precisely because Maximinus, a soldier-emperor of Thracian peasant stock who never visited the eastern provinces, provided no meaningful centralized numismatic policy for the region. His reign ended with his assassination outside Aquileia in 238 — the Year of the Six Emperors — making any issue attributable solely to his rule a narrow three-year window at most.