Live auction - bpv_552284 - DOMITIUS DOMITIANUS Tetradrachme
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 770 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 001 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 15:13:53 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Tetradrachme
Date: an 2
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,56 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et bien centré. Usure régulière sur l’ensemble de l’exemplaire. Joli buste de Domitius Domitianus. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé de Domitius Domitianus à droite .
Obverse legend : DOMITI-ANOS SEB.
Obverse translation : (Domitien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LB.
Reverse description : Buste de Sarapis à droite ; une palme devant lui.
Reverse translation : (an 2).
Historical background
DOMITIUS DOMITIANUS
(07/296-03/297)
Lucius Domitius Domitianus, also known as Achilleus, rebels against Diocletian in Alexandria around July 296. The revolt lasts for two Alexandrian years. Diocletian must go to Egypt to crush it. Domitianus, during his reign, tries to reform the Alexandrian monetary system. In addition to very rare maddies, he minted several Alexandrian denominations, the production of which ceased at the time of the reform. In particular, he creates two radiated species, an octodrachm worth twice the tetradrachm, of about 12.60 g (12.63 g Milne and ours of 12.79 g), the hexadrachm (NFA. XII-441, 8 .49g); two laureate pieces, the tetradrachm and the didrachm. After the fall of Alexandria and the death of Domitianus, Diocletian definitively abolishes the colonial workshop and restores the imperial workshop.
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