Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 720. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CORINTHIA, Corinth. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Died 130 AD. Æ Medallion 40mm (37.25 gm). Hostilius Marcellus, priest of the cult of Antinoüs. [OC]TILIOC MARKELLOC O IEP[OC TOV ANTINOOV], bare-headed and draped bust right / KORINQIOIC ANE[Q]HK[E], Antinous enthroned left, in the guise of Poseidon, holding patera and trident; two dolphins at his feet. Blum - (same obverse die as pl. I, 15); Krause 2 (this coin); BMC Corinth -; SNG Copenhagen -. Fine, tan patina, several pits filled in on reverse. Rare and unpublished. ($2500)

Ex BCD Collection (Lanz 105, 26 November 2001), lot 648; Münzen und Medaillen 52 (19-20 June 1975), lot 634; Münzen und Medaillen 13 (17-19 June 1954), lot 872.