bpv_537441 - DIADUMENIAN Assarion
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Price : 115.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 115.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: 217-218
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé, cuirassé, tête nue de Diaduménien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse legend : M OPPELIOS ANTWNINOS (Markos Oppellios Antoninos)
Obverse translation : (Marc Opellius Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Grappe de raisin.
Reverse legend : MARKIANO-POLEITWN, (Markianopoleitwn)
Reverse translation : (de 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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