Denarius Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, CN·DOMITIVS·IMP

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus held imperator status in the Adriatic following Caesar's assassination, commanding a substantial fleet that gave him effective control over sea lanes between Italy and the eastern provinces. He issued coinage under his own name as imperator — a striking assertion of independent authority during a period when the Roman world was fracturing between factions. His eventual alliance with Antony brought him into the triumviral orbit, though he defected to Octavian just days before Actium in 31 BC, dying shortly after, possibly of illness.