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Nummus - Maximinus II BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS, Alexandria
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 311-312 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP C GALER VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG |
| Reverse description | The Genius of the Emperor standing left, nude but for a chlamys draped over the left shoulder, wearing a modius on his head. He pours a libation from a patera held in his extended right hand and cradles a cornucopiae in his left arm. A crescent appears above the letter K in the left field, with an officina numeral in the upper right field. The reverse legend BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS flanks the central figure, and the Alexandrian mintmark ALE appears in the exergue. |
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The BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS type belongs to a brief and politically awkward moment when Maximinus II controlled Egypt and the eastern provinces while nominally tolerating Christianity under the Edict of Milan's precursors — then promptly reversed course, resuming persecution in 311 after Galerius's deathbed edict of toleration. The Alexandria mint was among the most productive in the east, and issues from this period reflect the scramble for legitimacy among the tetrarchy's collapsing factions. Maximinus was dead by 313, defeated by Licinius at the Battle of Tzirallum.