v28_0256 - DIADUMENIAN Diassaria
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Type : Diassaria
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, décentré sur les légendes. Beau portrait. Revers de style fin. Très jolie patine vert jade foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue de Diaduménien à droite (O°).
Obverse legend : [M OPELLIOS] ANTWNEINOS K, (Markos Opellios Antwneinos).
Obverse translation : (Marcus Opellius Antonin césar).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tyche (la Fortune) drapée assise à gauche, tenant un gouvernail de la main gauche placé sur un globe et une corne d’abondance de la main droite.
Reverse legend : [MARKIA]-NOPOLEITWN.
Reverse translation : (Marcianopolis).
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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