Æ36 - Maximinus ΕΠ Ϲ ΑΥ ΑΦΦΙΑΝΟΥ ΦΩΚΑΙΕΩΝ

Maximinus Thrax's accession in 235 AD was itself a rupture — the first emperor to rise from the ranks without senatorial standing, his legitimacy was contested almost immediately. Provincial mints like Phocaea issued bronze on his behalf partly as a function of civic obligation, partly as a hedge: demonstrating loyalty to whoever held power in Rome was survival politics at the municipal level. The proconsul Appianus named in the obverse legend served as the administrative anchor for such issues under the Smyrna conventus.

Phocaea's bronze output under Maximinus is relatively sparse, and the proconsular attribution to Appianus helps narrow the chronology within his three-year reign.