bpv_730573 - DIADUMENIAN Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
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Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Edessa, Mésopotamie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,10 g.
Rarity : R2
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Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale à l’usure plus marquée au droit qu’au revers. Beau buste de Diaduménien. Patine de collection ancienne
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste de Diaduménien à droite, tête nue,drapé et cuirassé, vu de trois-quarts en avant (A°).
Obverse legend : M. OPEL. ANTWNEINOS KAISAR.
Obverse translation : (Le césar Marc Opel Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face, les ailes déployées, la tête tournée à droite, tenant dans son bec une couronne feuillée ; un petit temple ou autel entre les pattes.
Reverse legend : DHMARC. EX -UPATOS., (Dhmarrcikhs Eq Ousias Upatos).
Reverse translation : (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul).
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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