bpv_411232 - DIADUMENIAN Tetrassaria
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,81 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, court sur les légendes. Beau portrait de Diaduménien. Usure plus prononcée au revers. Patine marron
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Diaduménien à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse legend : K M OPELLI ANTWNI [DIADOUMENIANOS] (Kaisaros Markos Opollios Antoninos Diadoumenianos).
Obverse translation : (César Marcus Opellius Antonin Diaduménien).
Reverse
Reverse description : Serpent à droite (Agathodemon).
Reverse legend : UP AGRIPPA - NIKOPOLITWN PR//OS ISTR.
Reverse translation : (Légat Agrippa de Nicopolis près d'Istros).
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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