v08_0322 - DIADUMENIAN Denier
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 289.65 €
Estimate : 487.84 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 289.65 €
Estimate : 487.84 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 07-12/217
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 500 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan large et complet, mais irrégulier et légèrement taché au droit / Frappe molle au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M OPEL DIADVMENIANVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Diaduménien à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°1).
Obverse translation : (Marc Opellius Diaduménien césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINC. IVVENTVTIS.
Reverse description : Diaduménien debout à gauche, vêtu militairement, tenant un bâton de la main droite et un sceptre court de la gauche ; derrière, deux enseignes militaires.
Reverse translation : (Prince de la jeunesse).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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