v21_2867 - DIADUMENIAN Denier
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 250.00 €
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 250.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 02-05/218
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan ovale, irrégulier et légèrement corrodé. Flan taché au revers, mais néanmoins bien venu à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M OPEL ANT DIADVMENIAN CAES.
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 Opel Antonin Diaduménien césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES PVBLICA.
Reverse description : Spes (l'Espérance) marchant à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et relevant sa robe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Spes Publica”, (l’Espérance publique).
Commentary
Poids léger. Le portrait de ce denier est tout à fait réaliste et de haute qualité.
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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