Bucephalus Numismatic
Auction 7 30 Sep - 1 Oct 2022
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PHRYGIA, Docimeum. Diadumenian as Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE.
Obv: M OΠEΛ MAKΡ ANTΩN ΔIAΔOVMENIANOC K.
Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, right.
Rev: ΔOKIMEΩN MAKEΔONΩN (ME ligate).
Nemesis standing front, looking l., holding rod, r. hand to chest, wheel at foot l., altar at foot r. (?).
Burstein 772.
Docimeum was probably founded by Antigonos Dokimos, general of the Thracian king Lysimachus, with Macedonian settlers in the early Hellenistic period. Also, during the Roman Imperial period, locals were proud of their Macedonian heritage and minted coins showing their ethnic origins, as seen on our coin legend.
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 9.33 g.
Diameter: 27 mm.
Obv: M OΠEΛ MAKΡ ANTΩN ΔIAΔOVMENIANOC K.
Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, right.
Rev: ΔOKIMEΩN MAKEΔONΩN (ME ligate).
Nemesis standing front, looking l., holding rod, r. hand to chest, wheel at foot l., altar at foot r. (?).
Burstein 772.
Docimeum was probably founded by Antigonos Dokimos, general of the Thracian king Lysimachus, with Macedonian settlers in the early Hellenistic period. Also, during the Roman Imperial period, locals were proud of their Macedonian heritage and minted coins showing their ethnic origins, as seen on our coin legend.
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 9.33 g.
Diameter: 27 mm.