Nummus - Maximinus II BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS, Alexandria

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.