The object of these pages is to list and categorise every known Roman Provincial coin bearing the image of Diadumenian. These pages are based around my own collection but are heavily supplemented with the use of many other images and references to other collections or sales. In the 'Articles' section are lists of known die matches for some of the large production mints.

While most reference works examining the output of Roman provincial coinage usually consider the mint as the axel around which other factors turn, that was not an approach which appealed to me, as my interest lay in examining the iconography of Diadumenian across the Roman influenced world. Published works are, of course, invaluable and where appropriate have been referenced, but these references are disparate and it is expensive to obtain a complete listing for Diadumenian from current sources as there are often only a few relevant coins in each publication. Therefore, within this site, I have given previous published references where possible. Increasingly, reference material is available online and freely accessible and these sources have also been used extensively. Quality control with online sources can be an issue but with care and attention a great deal of information can be gleaned there. There are no silver coins in the collection but these have been covered thanks to Michel Prieur who has allowed me to include examples from his database. I have not attempted to place values on any of the coins as there are freely available online sources which will give better and more current guidance in this area. Generally speaking, good quality examples from the non Moesia Inferior or Thracian Provinces are scarce or rare, and values would be comparable to other similar scarce coins of those mints.

It should be obvious, but I will re-iterate that nothing is for sale - however I am always interesting in acquiring examples to fill in the gaps or upgrade. I think I have permission to use all the pictures which are not my own but if I have overlooked one please let me know.

I hope this is of interest.



Malcolm Megaw ©

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Background	References	Links	Other Coins	Legends
A brief background to Diadumenian and his bronze provincial coinage	References used and consulted	Links to other useful sites	Other coins in the collection	A listing of legends you might expect to find

Articles	Die tables	Indian Rupees (New!)	Congress of Princes (New!)	Papal States (New!)
Original articles about Diadumenians coins	Tables of die links between the coins from a single mint	Indian rupees	A remarkable photograph of 1862	Coins of the Papal States and their background

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Latest additions (updated 19th November-2010)

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NEW BOOK AVAILABLE

A book is now available from Lulu publishing of this work. It contains even more material than is available from this site with legends and more complete descriptions for coins for which there are no images available. Also, die matching grids are available for the large volume mints. The book is 200 pages, hardcover and is full colour throughout. However Lulu's pricing structure is such that it is relatively cheap to get it posted to a US address but very expensive to get it delivered to a non US address. If you are interested in obtaining this and you do not live in the US - find someone who does and get them to re-direct it!

The book is also available from Amazon.com - this may help with postage costs
I hope you enjoy it


Additions and eratta

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Roman Provincial Coinage bearing a portrait of Diadumenian

Provinces and mints
Many regional mints issued coins bearing Diadumenian's portrait. The following list is an comprehensive one that covers every mint currently known (to me) to have issued such coins. The vast majority of these are bronze, though the eastern province of Syria issued a large volume of silver. There are undoubtedly other examples from these mints that I am unaware of so if you know of any (particularly if you have a picture) please let me know.

It can be difficult, particularly for the Moesia Inferior mints, to quantify what exactly is a 'type'. There are sometimes subtle differences in the design of the reverse that some may class as varients, others may class as a different type. Here, for example, for Marcianopolis 5 assaria issues I have divided the obverse types into three, Macrinus - Diadumenian busts; Macrinus - Diadumenian heads; and Diadumenian - Macrinus heads. When cataloguing these coins by reverse I have tried to be reasonably consistent and only used substantive differences to distinguish. It is possible, with all these coins, to become familiar with the actual dies used so a mere die difference does not constituent a different type but is of interest none-the-less.

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As of August 2007 the order in which the the issuing cities are displayed has been altered to reflect the forthcoming RPC (Roman Provincial Coinage) publication. Special thanks to Michel Amandry for assistance with this.

Macedonia

Amphipolis

Cassandrea

Edessa

Macedonian Province

Thessalonika

Thrace

Byzantium

Deultum
Note: examples from both Philippopolis and Trajanopolis were reported by Moushmov, and Apollonia Pontika by both Moushmov and the ANS, but are unlikely to actually exist.

Moseia Inferior

Due to the large variety of types from these two mints, the listings have been subdivided into denominations (sizes).
If you are interested in actual dies, try selecting the general type and there may be more die variations listed in the detailed page. i.e., scroll down, or check the die tables section

Marcianopolis - 1 assarion

Marcianopolis - 2 assaria

Marcianopolis - 3 assaria

Marcianopolis - 5 assaria

Nicopolis ad Istrum 1 assarion

Nicopolis ad Istrum 3 assaria

Nicopolis ad Istrum 4 assaria

Bithynia-Pontus-Paphlagonia

Amisus

Caesarea Germanica

Cius

Heracleia Pontica

Nicomedia

Prusa ad Hypium

Prusa ad Olympum

Sinope

Trapezus (Error)


Asia

Conventus of Adramyteum

Alexandria (Troas)

Illium (Troy / Hamaxitus)

Conventus of Alabanda

Aphrodisias

Apollonia Salbace

Heracleia Salbace

Conventus of Apamea

Apamea

Lysias

Conventus of Cibyra

Cibyra

Conventus of Cyzicus

Apollonia

Cyzicus

Conventus of Ephesus

Colophon

Ephesus

Conventus of Miletus

Samos

Conventus of Pergamum

Thyatira

Conventus of Sardis

Philadelphia

Sardis

Conventus of Synnada

Cotiaeum

Docimeium

Dorylaeum

Midaeum

Synnada
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Pamphylia

Aspendus

Attaleia

Magydus

Perga

Side

Sillyum

Galatia

Ancyra

Germa

Tavium

Pisidia

Adada

Sagalassus

Cappadocia

Caesarea

Cilicia

Adana

Aegeae

Anazarbus

Anemurium

Celenderis

Corycus

Elaeusa Sebaste

Flaviopolis

Hieropolis - Castabala

Mallos

Mopsus

Pompeiopolis

Seleuceia ad Calycadum

Tarsus

Tracheia Sebaste

Mesopotamia

Carrhae

Edessa

Rhesaena - Imperial Silver only!

Syria

Antioch (inc. Seleucia Pieria)

Beroea - Silver only!

Caesarea Panias

Cyrrhus - Silver only!

Emisa - Silver only!

Gabala

Heliopolis

Laodiceia ad Mare

Phoenicia

Akko Ptolemais

Arados - Silver only!

Berytos

Byblus

Tripolis

Tyre

Judaea

Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem)

Ascalon

Eleutheropolis

Gaza - silver only!

Joppa

Samaria

Caesarea Maritima

Neapolis

Arabia

Gadara, (Decapolis)

Egypt

Alexandria

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Running totals (general types - not dies)

Total bronze provincial coins with a Diadumenian portrait catalogued = 483 (11/2/08)

Total billon provincial coins with a Diadumenian portrait catalogued = 4 (23/8/07)

Total silver provincial coins with a Diadumenian portrait catalogued = 28 (23/8/07)

Running totals

Diadumenian Provincial - collection total	Other Roman Provincial - collection total	Roman Imperial - collection total	Other Ancient coins - collection total
329	36	111	To be established

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