Dasyurus Maculatus
February 20th, 2005, 08:04 AM
The discovery of a coin of a hitherto unrecognised rebel Roman ‘emperor’ – Domitianus - looks set to rewrite history.
The coin, part of a hoard, was discovered on farmland ten miles from Oxford
So little is known of Domitianus that some scholars have seriously doubted his existence. The new discovery makes it certain both he existed, and that he mounted a serious challenge for the position of emperor .
The antiquity of this coin of Domitianus is beyond doubt as it came from a hoard consisting of over 5,000 common Roman coins fused together in a third century AD pot.
There is only one other known coin depicting Domitianus in existence, which was found in the Loire area of France in 1900. Since it was unique and unprecedented the coin was dismissed as a modern hoax. The Oxfordshire coin matches the French example and together the coins provide the final indisputable proof of the existence of Domitianus.
http://www.fragmentsoftime.com/new_emper.htm
The coin, part of a hoard, was discovered on farmland ten miles from Oxford
So little is known of Domitianus that some scholars have seriously doubted his existence. The new discovery makes it certain both he existed, and that he mounted a serious challenge for the position of emperor .
The antiquity of this coin of Domitianus is beyond doubt as it came from a hoard consisting of over 5,000 common Roman coins fused together in a third century AD pot.
There is only one other known coin depicting Domitianus in existence, which was found in the Loire area of France in 1900. Since it was unique and unprecedented the coin was dismissed as a modern hoax. The Oxfordshire coin matches the French example and together the coins provide the final indisputable proof of the existence of Domitianus.
http://www.fragmentsoftime.com/new_emper.htm