Diadumenian Tetradrachm

Been awhile since I added a Tetradrachm, the latest is a Diadumenian Tetradrachm.


Diadumenian (217 - 218 A.D.)
AR Tetradrachm
Cyrrhestica, Hierapolis, Syria
O:AUT K M OP[EL ANTΩNEINOC], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R: [ΔΗMAΡX] EX VΠATOC, eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lion advancing right.
24mm
10.73g
Prieur 947

 

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Sorry @Mat but I do not see your photo.

 

I see it at Forum

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-153472

 

Sad child, a victim of cruel politics.

 

Nice one,

The same Prieur reference in my collection :


Diadumenian, Tetradrachm Hierapolis mint
AVT K M OTTEA ANTONEINOC, Radiate and draped bust of diadumenian right
DHMAP X EX VTTAT (OC), Eagle facing, head right, holding wreath in beak, lion between legs
11,44 gr
Ref : Prieur #947_050, Sear #315

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Mat, Nice portrait & good strong image of the lion mintmark.

 

Cucumbor, Great strike with fine portrait & eagle on your coin ! Your coin looks like it was struck with clashed dies or maybe even over-struck on another coin ?

 

Here's my Diadumenian:


Diadumenian, AD 217-218
AE, 28mm, 11.4g; 12h; Nikopolis ad Istrum
Obv.: K M OΠΕΛ ΔΙΑΔΟUMENIANOC AV; draped bust right
Rev.: UΠ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ NIKOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC ICTΠ; city gate with three crenulated towers

Here's a couple tetradrachms:

 

Jwt708, Three nice looking coins ! I especially like the Tet of Herennius Etruscus. The coin is perfectly centered, well struck, the portrait is excellent & the eagle is animated . Have one on me .

 

Nice one, @Mat ! The boy looks rather petulant in that portrait.

My only Diadumenian from Syria:

 

Nice coin @Mat and a fine addition to your collection!

 

Nice tet Mat!

 

Thanks.

Yes, there's at least a die shift on the reverse, and on the obverse remains of something else ; I couldn't tell from a die clash or an overstrike

Q

 

Well, I have this coin of the doomed emperor and his young son, taken by politics and doomed to a violent death by young Elagabalus.



AE Pentassarion Macrinus with Diadumenianus as caesar 217-218. Marcianopolis (Moesia Inferior, now Devnja in Bulgaria). P. Furius Pontianus as legatus consularis (name Pontianou on rev.).

And this small coin of Diadumenian solo, but it's hard to picture for me.



AE Diadumenianus 217-218, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Obv. Bare head t.r. Rev. Cista mystica with snake (serpent) emerging to the left. NIKOPOLITWN. 17 mm, 3.90 gr.

 

Here is my Orichalcum Sestertius of Diadumenianus (a lucky find on eBay):



M OPEL ANTONINVS DIADVMENIANVS CAES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian right
SPES PVBLICA S C,Spes advancing left, holding flower in extended right hand and raising drapery of her dress behind
Sestertius, Rome 218 a.D
23,46 mm / 32.23 mm / die axis:h
RIC 219; BMCRE 155-7 and pl. 84, 7 (same obverse die)
graded "good fine" by Sear