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Æ25 - Maximinus ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
| Issuer | Nicomedia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 235-238 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Maximinus I (Thrax) facing right, depicted from the rear, with the paludamentum fastened at the shoulder and segmented plate armour visible. The effigy conveys a strong military character befitting the soldier-emperor. The encircling Greek legend naming the emperor runs around the entire periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | Γ ΙΟΥ ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟ (Translation: Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Augustus) |
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Nicomedia's title ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ — "twice neokoros" — records that the city had been granted the right to maintain an imperial cult temple on two separate occasions, a civic honor fiercely competed for among Bithynian cities in the Severan period. The designation was not merely ceremonial; it carried tax privileges and elevated the city's standing in the provincial assize circuit. Nicomedia had held primacy over Nicaea for generations, and local bronze issues under Maximinus Thrax continued to assert that status even as the emperor himself never visited the eastern provinces during his short, militarily consumed reign.