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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 8078632, member: 4298&quot;]Wow !</p><p>A most fabulous follis [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER], beautiful</p><p><br /></p><p>For the time being I will stick to my octadrachm, Emmett plate coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/209e062469c946fc9c84a69229693703/6b94d298a15d4118a862842221e75846.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Domitius Domitianus, usurpateur en Egypte (296 - 297), octodrachme</b> - Alexandrie, Emmett plate coin</p><p>Octodrachme de l&#039;atelier d&#039;Alexandrie - AD 296-297</p><p>ΔOMITI-ANOC CEB, Buste radié de Domitius à droite</p><p>Serapis allant à droite, branche de palmier dans le champ à gauche, LB dans le champ à droite (2° année de règne)</p><p>12.79 gr</p><p>Ref : Emmett #4241/2 (cet exemplaire) (R1), Kampmann # 126.2, RCV # 12982 (2000),</p><p><br /></p><p>Domitius Domitianus, stationed in Egypt, rebelled against Diocletianus in july 296 AD and was proclaimed emperor. He was defeated during spring 297 AD. Diocletian decided to close the alexandrian mint, so the coins of Domitianus are the last provincial coins from Alexandria. Also, Domitianus was the only ruler to strike octadrachms (in parallel with didrachms, tetradrachms and hexadrachms)</p><p>For more information, see : <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Domitius%20Domitianus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Domitius%20Domitianus" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Domitius Domitianus</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I know, [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] has an astounding tetradrachm of his too</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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