Æ36 - Domitian ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΑ, ΡΟΔΙΩΝ

Domitia Augusta, wife of Domitian, received divine honors in the Greek East that Rome itself was slower to formalize — provincial mints like those operating under the Alabanda conventus struck coins in her name as a matter of civic diplomacy, flattering the imperial household through local initiative rather than central mandate. Rhodes had a long tradition of semi-autonomous civic coinage, and issues bearing her name represent the island's calculated alignment with Flavian imperial power during a reign that grew increasingly autocratic after 89 AD.