bpv_943039 - DIADUMENIAN Assarion
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Price : 80.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Beau portrait de Diaduménien. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé tête nue de Diaduménien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse legend : K M OPPEL ANTWNINOS, (Kaisar Markos Oppellios Antwninos).
Obverse translation : (César Marc Opellius Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Bâton d’Esculape avec un serpent enroulé.
Reverse legend : NIKOPO-LITWN.
Reverse translation : (ville de Nicopolis).
Commentary
Beau portrait.
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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