bpv_297583 - DIADUMENIAN Assarion
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Price : 55.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: c. 217-218
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,00 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, parfaitement centré des deux côté. Belle tête. Patine noire granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue de Diaduménien à droite (O°).
Obverse legend : K M OPPEL - ANTWNINOS, (Kaisar Markos Oppelios Antwninos)
Obverse translation : (César Marc Opellius Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes.
Reverse legend : NIKO/POLITW/N PROS I/STRW, (Nikopolitwn)
Reverse translation : (de Nicopolis près d’Istros).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Sur cet assarion, seul le nomen permet d’identifier Diaduménien.
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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