448, Lot: 323. Estimate $300. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Æ Hemidrachm (27mm, 10.97 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 of Hadrian (AD 136/137). [ANT]INOOV HPωOC, draped bust left, wearing hem-hem crown / Antinoüs (as Hermes), wearing chlamys, holding caduceus with his right hand, on horseback right; L K A (date) in field. Köln 1278; Dattari (Savio) 8015; K&G 34a.6; RPC III 6235; Emmett 1347.21 (R4). Brown, red, and green patina with patches of bare metal, light scratches on the high points. Near VF. Very rare, especially when compared to the drachm and diobol, and of fine style.