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Nummus - Domitius Alexander VICTORIA ALEXANDRI AVG N, Carthage
| Issuer | Carthage, Usurpations of |
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| Year | 308-311 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Winged and draped Victory advancing to the left, holding a wreath in her extended right hand and a palm frond in her left hand. The figure is rendered in the conventional late Roman tetrarchic style, with flowing drapery suggesting movement. The reverse legend VICTORIA ALEXAND-RI AVG N flanks the central figure, while the mint mark PK appears in the exergue, indicating the Carthage mint. The composition follows the standard Victory type common to usurper coinages of the period, serving as a propagandistic assertion of Alexander's legitimacy and military success. |
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Domitius Alexander governed Africa as vicarius when he declared himself Augustus around 308 AD, likely under pressure from local factions rather than genuine imperial ambition. His revolt was crushed by Maxentius, who sent the praetorian prefect Rufius Volusianus with a force that retook Carthage swiftly and brutally — ancient sources describe the city being sacked and Alexander himself strangled, probably in 311. The usurpation lasted no more than three years, the mint output was limited, and coins attributable to his reign remain genuinely scarce.