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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4537147, member: 57495"]Very nice coin, [USER=77976]@Nathan401[/USER]. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an imperial silver I had from a group lot that I eventually sold off. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1123395[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I still have a provincial. I've always liked the portrait on this one. In his volume that covers Roman Provincial coins, Wayne Sayles remarks that this particular issue shows "probably one of the more accurate portraits of the young prince".</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/3370266-diadumenian-jpg.361666/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>DIADUMENIAN</b></p><p>AE24. 11.08g, 23.6mm. PHOENICIA, Byblus, AD 218. Cf. Rouvier 699; BMC 40-3. O: M OΠ ΔIAΔVMENIANOC KAI, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right. R: BYB - ΛOV IEPAC, Astarte wearing a polos standing facing, carrying a spear, foot on prow, being crowned by Nike on short column to right; all within distyle temple with a fancy arched roof.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4537147, member: 57495"]Very nice coin, [USER=77976]@Nathan401[/USER]. Here's an imperial silver I had from a group lot that I eventually sold off. [ATTACH=full]1123395[/ATTACH] I still have a provincial. I've always liked the portrait on this one. In his volume that covers Roman Provincial coins, Wayne Sayles remarks that this particular issue shows "probably one of the more accurate portraits of the young prince". [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/3370266-diadumenian-jpg.361666/[/IMG] [B]DIADUMENIAN[/B] AE24. 11.08g, 23.6mm. PHOENICIA, Byblus, AD 218. Cf. Rouvier 699; BMC 40-3. O: M OΠ ΔIAΔVMENIANOC KAI, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right. R: BYB - ΛOV IEPAC, Astarte wearing a polos standing facing, carrying a spear, foot on prow, being crowned by Nike on short column to right; all within distyle temple with a fancy arched roof.[/QUOTE]
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