v13_0482 - DIADUMENIAN Assarion
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 365.88 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 365.88 €
unsold lot
Type : Assarion
Date: an 2
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,51 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage avec une magnifique patine vert olive profond. Beau portrait. Représentation du temple inhabituelle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Diaduménien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°).
Obverse legend : M OP - DIADO, (Markos Opellios Diadoumenianos)
Obverse translation : (Marc Opellius Diaduménien).
Reverse
Reverse description : Temple distyle à fronton triangulaire orné de l’agalma du Mont Argée au centre.
Reverse legend : MHTR-O -KAISA// ET B, (Mhtropolis Kaisaira)
Reverse translation : (Ville de Césarée// an 2).
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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