Definition

• Diadem.  Ornamental headband or fillet originally worn by royalty but occasionally found in numismatic designs, sometimes lettered. Also a diadem is a small crown, higher
  in the front than in the back. Queen Victoria has been described as a diademed head wearing a coronet with a diadem. Otherwise a diadem worn by a female is called a stephane. 

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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