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- Model: IOVI CONSERVATORI anonymous Γ
An active campaign of persecution against local Christians by Maximinus II reached its height during 310-313 the eastern cities in Nicomedia, Antioch, and Alexandria. Christians were subject to confiscation of land and property, and expelled from the cities; Churches were closed and ransacked. These three major mint cities struck a series of small bronzes honoring the old Greco-Roman gods - Jupiter, Apollo, Tyche, and Serapis among them. The persecutions subsided in AD 313 as a result of the Edict of Milan, jointly issued by Constantine and Licinius - the senior emperors - which proclaimed a policy of religious freedom, and returned confiscated property to the Christians.
Time of Maximinus II, 310-313. Follis (bronze, 1.16 g, 15 mm), ‘Persecution’ issue, Antioch. IOVI CONSERVATORI Jupiter seated left, holding globe in his right hand and long scepter with his left. Rev. VICTORIA AVGG / Γ Victory advancing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm in her left; ANT in exergue. McAlee 171. Van Heesch, Last 2.
