Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 724. Estimate $5000. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $7750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BITHYNIA, Tius. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Died 130 AD. Æ 37mm (37.32 gm).
ANTINOWI HRWI, bare-headed and draped bust left / TIANOI, Antinoüs, as Dionysus, riding panther right, with thyrsus over shoulder. Blum pg. 46, 1; Waddington,
RG pg. 620, 34; BMC Pontus - (but the specimen illustrated by Blum later in BM); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. VF, dark green patina, lightly smoothed. ($5000)
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18 (29 March 2000), lot 530; Münzen und Medaillen 76 (19-20 June 1991), lot 881.