Usurper Domitius Domitianus (d, 297 CE)Domitianus revolted against Diocletianus in 297 CE and was de
Usurper Domitius Domitianus (d, 297 CE)Domitianus revolted against Diocletianus in 297 CE and was defeated a few months later. He ruled long enough to issue coins though and in this case propaganda is, shall we say rather straightforward ;). obverse: image of the new emperorReverse: “GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI // ALE. Notice the cornucopia that Genius is holding…The coin was struck in Alexandria. https://smb.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=172343&cachesLoaded=true Source: Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Creator Lutz-Jürgen Lübke (Lübke und Wiedemann) Copyright Notice: CC BY-NC-SA -- source link
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