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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Diadumenian| > RS10701
Diadumenian, Mid May - 8 June 218 A.D.
|Diadumenian|, |Diadumenian,| |Mid| |May| |-| |8| |June| |218| |A.D.|, Spes was the Roman personification of Hope. In art Spes is normally depicted carrying flowers or a cornucopia, but on coins she is almost invariably depicted holding a flower in her extended right hand, while the left is raising a fold of her dress. She was also named "ultima dea" - for Hope is the last resort of men. On this coin, the Caesar, Diadumenian, the designated successor of the emperor, is identified as the hope for the future of the Roman people.
RS10701. Silver denarius, RSC III 21b; RIC IV 117; SRCV II 7450; BMCRE V, p. 510, 93 var. (from front) and 94 var. (no cuirass); Hunter III 4 var. (no cuirass), VF, well centered, small edge crack, Rome mint, weight 2.73g, maximum diameter 21.0mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, Jan - May 218 A.D.; obverse M OPEL ANT DIADVMENIANVS CAES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse SPES PVBLICA (the hope of the public), Spes advancing left, flower in extended right hand, raising skirt with left hand; SOLD











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