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Æ25 - Maximinus COL AVG TRO
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 235-238 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC VI#4063 |
| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Maximinus Thrax facing right, presented from a rear three-quarter perspective, a presentation convention characteristic of the Severan-era provincial mint at Alexandria Troas. The imperial effigy is rendered in the robust, martial style associated with Maximinus, emphasizing the military character of his reign. A circular Latin legend surrounds the bust within the coin's field, partially legible due to wear and the coin's irregular flan. The surface exhibits a dark olive-green patina consistent with prolonged burial, with highlights of bronze visible on the high relief of the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP MAXIMINVS (sometimes retrograde S) PI(VS AV) (Translation: Emperor Maximinus Pious Augustus) |
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Maximinus Thrax never visited Alexandria Troas, yet the city struck coins in his name throughout his reign — a reign defined almost entirely by military campaigning and the systematic extortion of provincial wealth to fund it. His demand for resources from Asia Minor's cities was punishing enough that several suspended civic coinage altogether. Alexandria Troas kept minting, likely because its status as a Roman colony gave it both the institutional infrastructure and the political incentive to demonstrate loyalty to a deeply unpopular emperor.
Maximinus was killed by his own troops outside Aquileia in 238, the culmination of a year that saw no fewer than six rival claimants to the throne.