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Æ37 - Maximinus ΛΕΑΝΔΡΟ (?) ΑΒΥΔΗΝ
| Issuer | Abydus (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 235-238 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (235-238) |
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Abydus, positioned at the narrowest point of the Hellespont, retained enough civic pride under Roman rule to strike bronze in the name of Maximinus Thrax — a man who never visited the eastern provinces and whose relationship with the Greek-speaking cities was largely extractive. The magistrate name partially preserved as ΛΕΑΝΔΡΟ likely represents a local strategos or archon, though the reading remains uncertain and no parallel inscription has confirmed the full name.
Maximinus ruled 235–238 without once entering Rome, financing his Rhine and Danube campaigns through aggressive taxation of provincial cities — Abydus among them.