Artemide Aste s.r.l.
Auction LIII 2-3 May 2020
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Alexander of Carthage (Usurper, 308-310). AE Follis, Carthage mint. D/ IMP ALEXANDER PF AVG. Laureate head right. R/ INVICTA ROMA FELIX [KARTHAG]O. Carthago standing facing, head left, wearing long robe, holding fruit in both hands; in exergue, PK. RIC VI 68 (R4); C. 6 (Fr. 200). AE. g. 4.67 mm. 23.00 RRRR. Extremely rare and very seldom offered. Some smoothing and roughness, red brown patina. VF.
L. Domitius Alexander led a short-lived revolt against Maxentius from 308 to 311, holding Africa and Sardinia. There is little known about this usurper, but there is evidence in an inscription (CIL VIII, 22183) that he and Constantine allied themselves in opposition to Maxentius. P. Salama in "Recherches numismatiques sur l'usurpateur africain L. Domitius Alexander, " Proceedings of the International Numismatic Congress 1973, p. 365, note 2, suggests that at the latest, the pact was entered into by autumn of 310.
L. Domitius Alexander led a short-lived revolt against Maxentius from 308 to 311, holding Africa and Sardinia. There is little known about this usurper, but there is evidence in an inscription (CIL VIII, 22183) that he and Constantine allied themselves in opposition to Maxentius. P. Salama in "Recherches numismatiques sur l'usurpateur africain L. Domitius Alexander, " Proceedings of the International Numismatic Congress 1973, p. 365, note 2, suggests that at the latest, the pact was entered into by autumn of 310.