v21_2870 - DIADUMENIAN Assarion
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,23 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle. Magnifique patine vert jade profond lissé. Portrait de toute beauté
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue de Diaduménien à droite (O°).
Obverse legend : K M OPELLI ANTWNINOS, (Kaisaros Markos Opellios Antwninos.
Obverse translation : (César Marc Opel Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face, les ailes déployées, la tête à droite, tenant une couronne dans son bec.
Reverse legend : MARKIANO-POLEIT(WN), (Markianopoleitwn).
Reverse translation : (de Marcianopolis).
Commentary
Semble de mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du SNG Hungary (n° 161, pl. 15).
Historical background
DIADUMENIAN
(04/217-8/06/218)
Caesar
Diadumenian becomes Caesar when his father Macrin is proclaimed august in April 217. He receives the title of prince of youth. Macrinus brings him into the Severian family by making him take the prænomen of Antoninus, as he himself seized that of Severus. After the proclamation of Elagabalus, Macrinus raised his son to august in May 218 for a very short period. Beaten in June, Macrin and Diaduménien fled. The latter is caught while trying to pass to the Parthians by crossing the Euphrates. He is killed.
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