Rare Depiction of a Bear - Commemorating Foundation

245, Lot: 259. Estimate $100. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Hadrianothera. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ (14mm, 2.08 g, 5h). Laureate head right / Head of bear left. SNG France 1091; SNG Copenhagen 176. Good Fine, rough tan surfaces. Rare depiction of a bear.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

Hadrianothera was founded following a succesfull hunt, which is depicted in fuller detail in a related issue (see SNG Copenhagen 177, showing the emperor on horseback spearing a bear). An additional issue in the name of Antinoüs also depicts a similar bear head.