Lead Tesserae from Antinoöpolis

353, Lot: 361. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Antinoöpolis. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. PB Tessera (17mm, 2.71 g, 10h). Dated year 2 of an uncertain era. Draped bust of Antinous right, wearing hem-hem crown; crescent before, Θω behind / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; L B (date) flanking. Milne –; Dattari (Savio) –; Köln 3567-8. Near VF, red-brown patina.