Live auction - bpv_428615 - DIADUMENIAN Assarion
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| Estimate : | 220 € |
| Price : | 145 € |
| Maximum bid : | 145 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 May 2017 14:50:06 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Assarion
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,79 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Diaduménien. Revers de style fin. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Bustecuirassé tête nue de Diaduménien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (B°4).
Obverse legend : M OPELLIOS ANTWNINOS
Obverse translation : (Marcus Opellius Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tyché drapée debout à gauche, tenant un gouvernail de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : MARKIAN-OPOLEIT(WN)
Reverse translation : (Marcianopolis).
Commentary
Buste inhabituel.
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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