v31_0356 - DIADUMENIAN Assarion
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 149.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 149.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,08 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, décentré au droit sur le portrait. Joli revers. Magnifique patine vert noir
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Diaduménien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse legend : M OPEL [DIAD] OUH ENI K, (Kaisaros Markos Oppellios Antwninos)
Obverse translation : (César Marc Opellius Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Grappe de raisin sur sa branche.
Reverse legend : NIKOPOLITWN PROS ISTRWN, (Nikopolitwn Pros Istrwn)
Reverse translation : (ville de Nicopolis près de l’Istrus, Danube).
Commentary
Notre exemplaire est plus complet que celui décrit dans l’ouvrage de référence.
Our example is more complete than the one described in the reference work
Our example is more complete than the one described in the reference work
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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