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Deultum AE18 Moushmov 3579 of Diadumenian

Diadumenian AD 218 AE 18 obv. M OPEL ANTONINVS DIADV CAES, draped bust right / C F P D, Telesphorus standing facing in hooded cloak. Yurukova 88, SNG Bulgaria 239-240.

Lot No.2616. VF, a rare ruler and a rare representaion of Telephorus with a visible face.

$ 375.

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Telesphoros is a mysterious assistant to Asclepios, the healer. He is the size of a small boy and wears a mantle, or hood, which obscures his face. He teaches the art of bringing healing forces from distant, eternal sources; and then establishing these energies inside the body of the patient. Telesphoros bears a strange resemblance to Kenny, a character in the cult animated series South Park. Kenny is always getting killed, and then coming back alive again. This is a phenomenon that the skills of ancient Telesphoros can produce!

Diadumenian was raised to Caesar at the age of 9 and co-emperor at the age of 10 in 218 AD by his father Macrinus, but shared his father's fate and was killed after his defeat at the hands by the forces of Julia Mamaea and Elagabalus.