Domitius Domitianus. Usurper, AD 297-298. Æ Follis (25mm, 12.17 g, 12h). Alexandria mint, 2nd officina.

CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 1159. Estimated: $ 5 000

Roman Imperial, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

Sold For $ 7 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

Domitius Domitianus. Usurper, AD 297-298. Æ Follis (25mm, 12.17 g, 12h). Alexandria mint, 2nd officina. IMP C L DOMITIVS DOMITIANVS AVG, laureate head right / GENIO POPV L I ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; to left, eagle standing left, head right; –|B//ALE. RIC VI 20. Brown patina. Near EF. Rare and exceptional for issue.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1168; S.C. Markoff Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 62, 6 October 2011), lot 2087; Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (11 May 2005), lot 630.

The revolt of Domitius Domitianus in Egypt destabilized a vitally strategic region by interrupting the grain supply to Rome and opening the possibility of Persian (Sasanian) invasion. For almost a year, Domitianus controlled Alexandria and its mint, striking aurei and folles, as well as a series of pre-reform imperial Greek denominations.

The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 118 lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 September 2021. CNG Feature Auction 118 – Session Four – Roman Imperial Coinage Part 2 through Antiquities will be held Tuesday afternoon, 14 September 2021 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and the stable previous version of Mozilla Firefox and Chrome.