Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 92 Part 1 23-24 May 2016
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THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Diadumenian caesar, 217 – 218
Sestertius 217-218, Æ 26.59 g. M OPEL ANTONINVS DIADVMENIANVS CAES Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. SPES PVBLICA / S – C Spes walking l., holding flower and raising skirt. C 23. BMC Macrinus 155. RIC Macrinus 219.
Very rare and among the finest specimens known. A gentle portrait struck on
a very broad flan and a lovely brown-green patina. Extremely fine
Ex Bruder Egger XLIII, 1913, Hertzfelder 1525; Sotheby's Zurich, 9th June, 1983, Brandt III 394, and Leu 57, 1993, 291 sales. From the Hertzfelder and Brand collections.