Very Rare Antinoüs Commemorative

286, Lot: 213. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARCADIA, Mantinea. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Æ Tetrassarion or Sestertius (35mm, 26.62 g, 6h). Veturius, priest of the cult of Antinoüs. Struck AD 134. Bare-headed, heroic nude bust right / Horse prancing right. BCD Peloponnesos 1494 (same dies); Blum 4; BMC 89; SNG Copenhagen -. Fine, brown patina, fields smoothed, pitting on both sides. Very rare.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection. Ex BCD Collection (not in previous sales), purchased from J. Aiello, May 1978.