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Hexassarion - Maximinus I and Maximus caesar [Φ]ΛΑYΙΟΠΟΛЄΙΤωΝ / [ЄΤ ΓΞΡ], Flaviopolis
| Issuer | Flaviopolis |
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| Year | 235-236 |
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| Weight | 22.70 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Serapis enthroned facing, wearing the distinctive tall kalathos (modius) atop his head, extending his right hand over a lighted altar to pour a libation from a patera, while his left hand holds a cornucopiae. To the left of the throne an amphora is depicted in the field; to the right, a skyphos (drinking cup). The scene is a standard Serapic cult image consistent with Flaviopolitan civic religious iconography. The Greek civic legend and regnal year appear in the field and exergue. |
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Flaviopolis, a city in Cilicia Campestris, issued this joint coinage during the brief co-regency of Maximinus I and his son Maximus, who held the title of Caesar from 235 AD. The date formula ЄΤ ΓΞΡ — year 263 in the Flaviopolitan civic era — pins this issue to 235/236, the very first year of Maximinus's reign following his soldiers' violent coup against Severus Alexander. Maximinus never visited the eastern provinces, making these civic bronzes the primary medium through which provincial cities acknowledged his authority.