Posted 01/25/2026 10:03 pm
I'd agree; it's not a very good damnatio memoriae if you can (a) still pretty much see the portrait, and (b) still read the name.
Gold is easy enough to melt and re-issue, so any gold coins of cancelled emperors would simply get melted down, rather than vandalized. There are very few verified damnatio-afflicted coins, and most if not all of them are provincial bronzes.
Gold is easy enough to melt and re-issue, so any gold coins of cancelled emperors would simply get melted down, rather than vandalized. There are very few verified damnatio-afflicted coins, and most if not all of them are provincial bronzes.
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