Antinoüs, Favorite of Hadrian

CNG 106, Lot: 623. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Æ Diobol (22mm, 8.83 g, 12h). Struck RY 19 of Hadrian (AD 134/135). ANTINOOY H[PωOC], draped bust right, wearing hem–hem crown / Antinoüs, cloaked and holding caduceus with his right arm, on horseback right; [L] IΘ (date) across field. Köln 1277 var. (placement of date); Dattari (Savio) 8011; K&G 34a.3; Blum 5; Emmett 1348.19 (R3); RPC III 6082. VF, attractive brown patina. Rare.