Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 734. Estimate $2500. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Æ Drachm (24.09 gm). Dated year 19 of Hadrian (134/5 AD). ANTINOOV HPWOC, draped bust right, wearing
hem-hem crown / Antinoüs, as Hermes-Thoth, on horseback right, draped in chlamys and holding a caduceus; L
IQ (date) in fields. Blum pg. 54, 9; Köln 1276; Dattari 2080; Emmett 1346. Good VF, brown patina. [See color enlargement on plate 11] ($2500)
Ex Gorny & Mosch 107 (2 April 2001), lot 329.