v41_0628 - DIADUMENIAN Assarion
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Assarion
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Deultum, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Revers inhabituel. Jolie patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M OPEL ANTONI-NVS DIADV C.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Diaduménien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus Cæsar”, (Marc Opellius Antonin Diaduménien césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : C - F/ P - D.
Reverse description : Le satyre Marsyas nu marchant à droite, levant la main droite et tenant de la main gauche une outre qui repose en partie sur son épaule.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Flavia Pacis Deultensium”, (Colonie flavienne en paix de Deultum).
Commentary
Ptréyges fines sous le paludamentum.
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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