Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
<< Viewing Record 2674 of 3000 >>
View : Light Box | List View | Image List | Detailed
 


Your search has been limited to 3000 records. As your search has brought back a large number of records consider using the 'Advanced Search' feature which enables you to use more search terms to bring back a more accurate set of records.
 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1429
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Macrinus; Diadumenian; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  217-218
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  3.46
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 300. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
BIRBI-R1429.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Diadumenian, bare and draped, facing r. Reverse: Diadumenian, standing frontally and head facing r., holding standard in r. and sceptre in l.; on r., two standards.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: M OPEL ΛNT DIADVMENIAN CAES (Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenian Caesar). Reverse: PRINC IVVENTVTIS (Prince of Youth).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 102A (Macrinus)

Notes:  In the RIC type, there is an eagle surmounting the first of the two standards, but it does not appear on this coin.

4 Related People

Macrinus
Roman
c.165
218
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Diadumenian
Roman
208
218
Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
<< Viewing Record 2674 of 3000 >>