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Æ25 - Maximinus COL AVG TROAD
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 235-238 |
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| Weight | 8.48 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Maximinus I (Thrax) facing right, depicted from behind in the characteristic three-quarter rear view common to provincial bronze coinage of the period. The imperial effigy is rendered with bold, high-relief workmanship typical of Alexandrian Troas issues. A circular Latin legend surrounds the bust, partially retrograde, reading IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AV. The flan is irregular in shape, and light patination partially obscures the finer details of the drapery and armour. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Maximinus Thrax never visited Alexandria Troas, but the city had good reason to court imperial favor — it held the coveted status of a Roman colonia, exempting its citizens from tribute and granting them rights equivalent to Italians. Local bronze issues like this one were struck not by central authority but by civic initiative, filling the gap left by Rome's near-total cessation of small-denomination bronze coinage under the Severans.
Maximinus's reign lasted only three years before he was killed by his own troops outside Aquileia in 238, the so-called Year of the Six Emperors.