bpv_972914 - DIADUMENIAN Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
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Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Hiérapolis, Syrie, Cyrrhestica
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, légèrement décentré au revers. Joli buste. Patine grise
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié, cuirassé et drapé de Diaduménien à droite, vu de trois-quarts arrière, les rubans de la couronne radiée descendant derrière la tête (A2).
Obverse legend : AUT. K.M. OPEL .ANTWNEINOS (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Opellios Antwneinos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, ailes écartées, la tête et la queue à droite, tenant une forme de couronne dans son bec ; entre les pattes, un lion passant à gauche sans ligne de terre.
Reverse legend : DHMARC EX 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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