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The Domitian II coin from Chalgrove: a Gallic emperor returns to history

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Richard Abdy
Richard Abdy*
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*Department of Coins & Medals, British Museum, London WC1B 3DG, UK
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Abstract

A single coin discovered in a field at Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, UK, has proved to have an exceptional significance in the world of Roman numismatics. It features a third-century emperor, Domitianus, unknown apart from a find of 1900 from a vineyard in Cléons previously described as ‘doubtful’. The dies used to strike the two coins match, leaving little doubt that Domitianus was a real person, although of somewhat fleeting dominion over the Gallic Empire – for a brief period in AD 271.

Keywords

GallicTrierCologneRoman Empirethird centurycoinage
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Research
Information
Antiquity , Volume 83 , Issue 321 , September 2009 , pp. 751 - 757
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2009

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