353, Lot: 363. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Antinoöpolis. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. PB Tessera (22mm, 5.00 g, 7h). Dated year 2 of an uncertain era. Confronted busts of Antinous, draped and wearing
hem-hem crown, and Isis, draped and wearing headdress; L [B] flanking / Nilus reclining left on hippopatumus, holding cornucopia and reeds. Milne, “Leaden Tokens from Memphis,” in
Ancient Egypt, 1915, p. 115 = Rostovtsev & Prou 665-6; Milne –; Dattari (Savio) –; Köln 3567-8 corr. (Isis on obverse, not Horus). Fine, gray patina.