Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 719. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOKIS, Delphi. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Died 130 AD. Æ 19mm (5.57 gm). Aristotimus, priest of the cult of Antinoüs. HRWC ANTINOOC, bare head right / IE[RW]C APICTOTIMOC [ANEQHKE], eagle standing right, head reverted, within a laurel wreath. Blum pg. 5, 6; BMC Central Greece -; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, dark brown patina. Very rare. ($2500)

This transcription of the reverse legend is based on a combination of the legible portions on this coin and the alternate readings given by Blum. It appears that no known specimen of this rare coin has a completely readable legend.