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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 8078615, member: 10613&quot;]I just won a Diocletian coin to finish out my mini set of GPR&#039;s issued by a usurper. I had been looking for one for over a year, so was happy to overpay! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Domitius Domitianus was a usurper in Egypt during the reign of Diocletian. Not much is actually known about this rebellion, even the date is disputed, though RIC gives A.D. 295- 296. Other dates include 296- 297 and 297- 298. There has also been speculation that the rebellion was due in part to the monetary reforms of Diocletian.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Reform/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Reform/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Reform/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Due to the short rule of this usurper, his coins are a bit rare and usually expensive; but one can also get coins struck by Domitianus for the members of the tetrarchy. He actually struck coins in the names of all the rulers at the time-- Diocletian, Maximianus, Constantius I and Galerius [RIC VI Alexandria 18- 21] most likely in an attempt to gain favor and demonstrate that he was not actually rebelling...which did not work so well.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; It is easier to find coins of Domitianus online than those he issued in the names of the Tetrarchy, in part due to the fact that coins he issued for other rulers are often not attributed to him. Though RIC rates them as common, they seem a bit rarer.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; These GENIO POPVLI ROMANI have an eagle to the left of Genio and the workshop (three in use at the time-- A B and Γ) is in the right field. Besides the eagle, the left field is empty; while the scarce first issue after the defeat of Domitius has a ✶ over eagle in the left field...maybe after Diocletian retook the city, the old dies were used with the addition over the eagle. Sometimes liquid flows from the patera...on my Diocletian it looks like the eagle is being fed from the patera. Though RIC states the eagles have a wreath in their beak, this is certainly not always the case, as mine are all wreathless.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Strangely, Domitius is not mentioned in any literary source of the time though he is mentioned is some papyri; but Aurelius Achilleus was written about. Aurelius may have been the <i>corrector</i>, perhaps even commander of the troops for Domitius and possibly even took over leadership after the death of Domitius. If not for the coinage, the name Domitius Domitianus would probably only be little more than a footnote, instead he is still stirring debate and argument (a little) and his name will be remembered-- a usurper who claimed the purple as an Emperor in Alexandria. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402436[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian</p><p>A.D. 295- 296</p><p>26mm&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 9.2g</p><p>IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; laureate head right.</p><p>GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, eagle at feet to left (looks like eagle is &quot;drinking&quot;); Γ in right.</p><p>In ex. ALE&nbsp; </p><p>RIC VI Alexandria 18a</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402437[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Maximianus</p><p>A.D. 295- 296</p><p>24x26mm&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 10.0gm</p><p>IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; laureate head right.</p><p>GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, eagle at feet to left; A in right.</p><p>In ex. ALE&nbsp; </p><p>RIC VI Alexandria 18b</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402438[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Domitius Domitianus</p><p>A.D. 295- 296</p><p>24mm&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 10.8g</p><p>IMP C L DOMITIVS DOMITIANVS AVG; laureate head right.</p><p>GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, eagle to left; A in right.</p><p>In ex. ALE </p><p>RIC VI Alexandria 20</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402439[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius I</p><p>A.D. 295- 296</p><p>26mm&nbsp; &nbsp; 11.7gm</p><p>FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right.</p><p>GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, eagle at feet to left; B in right.</p><p>In ex. ALE&nbsp; </p><p>RIC VI Alexandria 21a&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402440[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Galerius</p><p>A.D. 295-296</p><p>26mm&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 8.6g</p><p>GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES; laureate head right.</p><p>GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, eagle at feet to left; B in right.</p><p>In ex. ALE </p><p>RIC VI Alexandria 21b</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Alexandria/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Alexandria/" rel="nofollow">https://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Alexandria/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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