DIADUMENIAN 218AD son of Macrinus Nicopolis ad Istrum HERMES Roman Coin i50992

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DIADUMENIAN 218AD son of Macrinus Nicopolis ad Istrum HERMES Roman Coin i50992:
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Diadumenian - Roman Caesar: 218 A.D. -
Bronze 25mm (12.85 grams) of Nicopolis ad Istrum in Moesia Inferior
under consular legate Statius Longinus
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
VΠ CTA ΛONΓINOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTP,Hermesstanding left, wearing petasos, with right foot set on rock, holding winged caduceus .You are offerding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.

Hermes is the great messenger of the gods inGreek mythology and additionally as aguide to the Underworld. Hermes was born onMount Cyllene in Arcadia. AnOlympian god, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, ofshepherds andcowherds, of thecunning of thieves and liars, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics and sports, of weights and measures, of invention, and of commerce in general. His symbols include the tortoise, the rooster, the winged sandals, the winged hat, and the caduceus (given to him by Apollo in exchange for the lyre).

Symbols of Hermes were the palm tree, turtle, rooster, goat, the number four, several kinds of fish, incense. Sacrifices involved honey, cakes, pigs, goats, and lambs.

In the Roman adaptation of the Greek religion (see interpretatio romana), Hermes was identified with the Roman godMercury, who, though inherited from theEtruscans, developed many similar characteristics, such as being the patron of commerce.

TheHomeric hymn to Hermes invokes him as the one \"of many shifts (polytropos), blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver, a bringer of dreams, a watcher by night, a thief at the gates, one who was soon to show forth wonderful deeds among the deathless gods.\"

He protects and takes care of all the travelers, miscreants, harlots, oldcrones and thieves that pray to him or cross his path. He is athletic and is always looking out for runners, or any athletes with injuries who need his help.

Hermes is a messenger from the gods to humans, sharing this role withIris. An interpreter who bridges the boundaries with strangers is a hermeneus. Hermes gives us our word \"hermeneutics\", the study and theory of interpretation. In Greek a lucky find was a hermaion. Hermes delivered messages from Olympus to the mortal world. He wears shoes with wings on them and uses them to fly freely between the mortal and immortal world. Hermes was the second youngest of theOlympian gods, being born beforeDionysus.

Hermes, as an inventor of fire, is a parallel of theTitan,Prometheus. In addition to the lyre, Hermes was believed to have invented many types of racing and the sports of wrestling and boxing, and therefore was a patron of athletes.

According to prominentfolkloristYeleazar Meletinsky, Hermes is a deifiedtrickster. Hermes also served as apsychopomp, or an escort for the dead to help them find their way to theafterlife (the Underworld in the Greek myths). In many Greek myths, Hermes was depicted as the only god besides Hades, Persephone, Hecate, and Thanatos who could enter and leave the Underworld without hindrance.

Hermes often helped travelers have a safe and easy journey. Many Greeks would sacrifice to Hermes before any trip.

In the fully-developed Olympian pantheon, Hermes was the son ofZeus and thePleiadeMaia, a daughter of the TitanAtlas. Hermes\' symbols were thecock and thetortoise, and he can be recognized by his purse or pouch,winged sandals,winged cap, and the herald\'s staff, the kerykeion. The night he was born he slipped away from Maia and stole his elder brother Apollo\'s cattle.

Nicopolis ad Istrum was aRoman and EarlyByzantine town founded by EmperorTrajan around 101–106, at the junction of the Iatrus (Yantra) and the Rositsa rivers, in memory of his victory over the Dacians. Its ruins are located at the village ofNikyup, 20 km north ofVeliko Tarnovo in northernBulgaria. The town reached its apogee during the reigns of Trajan,Hadrian, theAntonines and theSeveran dynasty.

The classical town was planned according to the orthogonal system. The network of streets, the forum surrounded by an Ionic colonnade and many buildings, a two-nave room later turned into a basilica and other public buildings have been uncovered. The rich architectures and sculptures show a similarity with those of the ancient towns in Asia Minor. Nicopolis ad Istrum had issued coins, bearing images of its own public buildings.

In447 AD, the town was destroyed byAttila\'sHuns. Perhaps it was already abandoned before the early 400s. In the 6th century, it was rebuilt as a powerful fortress enclosing little more than military buildings and churches, following a very common trend for the cities of that century in the Danube area.The largest area of the extensive ruins (21.55 hectares) of the classical Nicopolis was not reoccupied since the fort covered only one fourth of it (5.75 hectares), in the southEastern corner. The town became an episcopal centre during the early Byzantine period. It was finally destroyed by the Avar invasions at the end of the 6th century. A Bulgarian medieval settlement arose upon its ruins later (10th-14th century).

Nicopolis ad Istrum can be said to have been the birthplace ofGermanic literary tradition. In the 4th century, the Gothic bishop, missionary and translatorUlfilas (Wulfila) obtained permission from EmperorConstantius II to immigrate with his flock of converts to Moesia and settle near Nicopolis ad Istrum in 347-8. There, he invented theGothic alphabet and translated theBible fromGreek toGothic.

Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus or Diadumenian (208–218) was the son of the Roman Emperor Macrinus, and served his father briefly as Caesar (May 217–218) and as Augustus (in 218). Diadumenian was born in 14th of September 208 a.C or according to Historia Augusta in 19th of September 208 a.C because he shared the same birthday with the emperor Antoninus Pius. His mother was Empress Nonia Celsa, although her existence remains dubious, because she was only mentioned by the Historia Augusta. He was born Marcus Opellius Diadumenianus, but his name was changed and added Antoninus to solidify connection to the family of Marcus Aurelius as done by Caracalla.Diadumenian had little time to enjoy his position or to learn anything from its opportunities because the legions of Syria revolted and declared Elagabalus ruler of the Roman Empire. When Macrinus was defeated on June 8, 218, at Antioch, Diadumenian followed his father\'s death.

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