Anonymous, Antioch (c. 312 AD under Maximinus II Daza ?). AE 15 mm, 1.55 g, 12 h. Obv.: IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated left on throne, holding sceptre and extending globe. Rev.: VICTORIA AVGG / ANT, Victoria advancing left, holding wreath and palm, A in right field. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch, 171(a). In the early 4th c. AD, Antioch and Alexandria briefly issued small bronze coins without any imperial name or effigy. It could look like an old Roman tradition, for in the 1st c. AD the quadrans, the smallest coin in the coin-set, did not bear the effigy of the emperor like all other denominations, from the aureus to the semis.Some cities in Orient did the same, for ex. under Hadrian the smallest coins of Gaza did not bear the emperor's name or effigy). The 4th c. Antioch anonymous coins are generally said minted under Maximinus II Daza, c. 312. McAlee lists in Antioch 4 coins of this module : Tyche seated and Apollo (nr. 170), Zeus seated and Victory (nr. 171), bust of Tyche and Apollo (nr. 172), same but no legends at all (nr. 173). Nrs 170 and 172-3 can be seen a revival of Antiochene civic coinage, with the Tyche on obverse and Apollo citharoedes on reverse. their mint-mark, when present, is SMA. But the nr. 171 is clearly different. No Tyche, no explicit reference to the city, and the mint-mark is ANT.
Nicomedia also issued civic coinage at this time -- DEAE SANC-CERERI with GEN CIVI-T NICOM reverse, all struck during the reign of the last Pharoah-- Maximinus II. a good article on this civic coinage is Van Heesch "The Last Civic Coinages and the Religious Policy of Maximinus Daza (AD 312) Numismatic Chronicle 1993 here's my example Anonymous pagan civic coinage under Maximinus II Daza ca. A.D. 312 Æ quarter nummus 15x16mm 1.6g IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated left with globe & scepter VICTORIA AVGG, Victory advancing left with wreath & palm; B in right field. In ex. ANT (Antioch) Vagi 2955 Van Heesch, NC 1993, 66-2 and this more common type with the death workshop of Antioch https://constantinethegreatcoins.com/Death/ Anonymous pagan civic coinage ca. A.D. 312 Æ quarter nummus 15x16mm 2.0g GENIO ANTIOCHENI; Statue of the Tyche of Antioch on rock, below the river god Orontes. APOLLONI SANCTO; Apollo, stg.l. holding patera and lyre, in right field E over Δ In ex. SMA Mint of Antioch Vagi 2954; Van Heesch 3a
