[blam]

GGG

[balrog666]

I want one!!!!

[Enterprise]

This was actually the result of a popular game show in Roman times called "Emperor For a Day."

[Mark]

I found one of those and thought I really made out big time when I dropped it in a Coke machine and it worked. Oh well.

[bannie]

Nice nose!

[zook]

Well, big deal! My daughter just got a 1937 penny in change the other day!

[farmfriend]

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[Hank Rearden]

The Domitianus coin is going on display at the British Museum.

Somehow, government ends up taking pretty damn near everything.

[LibWhacker]

He handed his find to the Ashmolean Museum

Man, sounds like he won't get a dime for it.

[Rockpile]

I wonder what the crown was made out of?

Whoever made the die for the coin strike was really a good craftsman; look how sharp the details of the bust are. Did thay have good quality steel by the 3rd century?

[u-89]

Years ago I would have simply found this story interesting but for the last couple of years I have been found myself seriously involved in ancient Greek and Roman coins. Now a story like this is meaningful to me. A vast amount of information about the period derives from the imagery and the inscriptions. Studying numismatics gives an appreciation for the significance of myths, legends and state propaganda that would be hard to acquire otherwise. Too bad the reverse of this coin is not shown.

[Petronski]

What's it worth? I think I could make a few with my Dremel.

[ConservativeConvert]

cool post

[Just mythoughts]

I sure love it when "historians" get stunned.

[u-89]

Found this pic through yahoo.

[Joee]

I own several gold and silver coins going back to early AD and BC. I have no idea of their current worth, but would like to find out. How does one go about it?????

[blam]

2. DOMITIANUS (CA. A.D. 270/271)

Domitianus was proclaimed emperor at the beginning of Aurelian's reign, but killed soon afterwards [[45]]. His rebellion seems to have been the result of the barbaric invasions at the beginning of Aurelian's reign (see above chapter 1.4.) [[46]]. He perhaps is to be identified with the general Domitianus who is said to have defeated the Macriani about A.D. 261 [[47]]. The only coin minted in the name of Domitianus is probably a forgery [[48]].

[rface]

ping

[Ditter]

Darn! I wish I had found it.

[nmh]

Thanks for posting this. I find this fascinating.