#075
A correction and new description for
DiadumenianDiadumenian, AD 217-218
AE 27, 12.44g, 27.31mm, 0°
struck under governor
Marcus Agrippaobv. M OPELL[I DI] - ADOVMENIANOC K
Bust, draped and
cuirassed, bare-headed, r.
rev. VP A[GRIPPA NIKO]POLITWN /
PROC ICT
River god, nude to hips,
chlamys hanging down from l. shoulder, std. l. on rock(?), resting
with r.
arm on
prora behind, holding long branch in l.
arm and resting with l. hand on
urn(?)
ref. a)
AMNG I/1, 1807, pl. XVIII, 4 (1 ex., trade)
b)
Varbanov 3645 (same dies)
c)
Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2018) No. 8.25.32.3
corr. (writes
PROC ICTR / W)
d)
Megaw NIC4.38e
coll. Hoeft
The depiction is not clear. Instead of a rock and an
urn it could well be a kind of kline (you can see the feet) and a misunderstood back rest. There is no water flowing from it and the left
arm floats over it without contact (
Pick).
Best regards