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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Diadumenian| > SH91315
Diadumenian, Mid May - 8 June 218 A.D.
|Diadumenian|, |Diadumenian,| |Mid| |May| |-| |8| |June| |218| |A.D.|, In 217, the Colosseum was badly damaged by a fire started by lightning, which destroyed the wooden upper levels of the amphitheater.
SH91315. Silver denarius, RSC III 3a, RIC IV 102.2a (S), SRCV II 7449, BMCRE V 88 (seen from front), Hunter III 2 var. (same, also cuirassed), FDC, full boarders centering, bold strike, toned, flow lines, small closed edge crack, Rome mint, weight 3.149g, maximum diameter 19.3mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, May 217 - mid May 218 A.D.; obverse M OPEL ANT DIADVMENIAN CAES, bare-headed and draped right, seen from behind; reverse PRINC IVVENTVTIS (Prince of Youth), Diadumenian standing facing, bare head right, wearing military garb, standard in right hand, short scepter in left hand, two grounded standards to right; scarce; SOLD










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