Maximinus Thrax never visited Alexandria Troas, but the city had good reason to honor him quickly. His elevation in 235 marked the first time a soldier of non-senatorial origin had seized the purple, and provincial mints across the Greek East moved fast to demonstrate loyalty. Alexandria Troas held the status of a Roman colony — hence the COL AVG TRO formula — a distinction granted by Augustus, which gave the city both the right and the expectation to produce Latin-legend bronzes in the emperor's name.
The reign lasted only three years before Maximinus was killed by his own troops outside Aquileia in 238.
Maximinus Thrax never visited Alexandria Troas, but the city had good reason to honor him quickly. His elevation in 235 marked the first time a soldier of non-senatorial origin had seized the purple, and provincial mints across the Greek East moved fast to demonstrate loyalty. Alexandria Troas held the status of a Roman colony — hence the COL AVG TRO formula — a distinction granted by Augustus, which gave the city both the right and the expectation to produce Latin-legend bronzes in the emperor's name.
The reign lasted only three years before Maximinus was killed by his own troops outside Aquileia in 238.