ROMAN EMPIRE - NOVEL Domitius Domitianus, usurper (297-298). Follis May-August 297, Alexandria, 2nd office. Av. IMP C L DOMITIVS DOMITIANVS AVG. Laureate bust right. Rv. GENIO POPV - L - I ROMANI / B / ALE. Genius left, modius on head, holding chlamydia and cornucopia with left hand and patera with right hand, above eagle. RIC.20 ; Bronze - 10.38 g - 25.5 mm - 12 h NGC Ch AU 5/5 2/5 (8237526-039). For the 2nd dispensary. The surfaces are barely corroded. Very fine quality for this type. TTB to Superb. In revolt against Diocletian's tax reform, Domitius Domitianus rebelled in Egypt and took control of Alexandria and then the entire province. He cut off Rome's wheat supplies and the Emperor had to launch a long siege of Egypt, lasting several months.