Æ35 - Maximinus Μ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΝΥϹΙΟϹ Β ΤΟΥ ΙΚΕϹΙΟΥ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΑ ΑΥΡ ΝΕΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ

Maximinus Thrax never visited the eastern provinces. His three-year reign was consumed almost entirely by military campaigns on the Rhine and Danube, making the civic coinage issued in his name across Asia Minor — including this piece from Neapolis ad Harpasum — the primary visual record of his imperial recognition in the Greek-speaking world. The subscription naming Aurelius Dionysios, son of Ikesios, as the dedicating magistrate places this coin within a well-documented civic practice of local officials funding bronze issues as acts of public munificence at their own expense.

Neapolis ad Harpasum was a minor city of the Maeander valley, subordinate to the conventus at Alabanda. Its bronze output under Maximinus is sparse.