Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 736. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Lead tessera (18mm, 3.03 gm). Dated year 20 of Hadrian (135/6 AD). Draped bust right, wearing hem-hem crown, caduceus over shoulder; LK (date) to right / Half-length figure of Nilus right. Blum pg. 56, 1; Köln -; Dattari 2092 (this coin?). Fine, rough brown patina. ($500)
Possibly ex Dattari Collection, based on the poor photographic reproduction of a cast on plate II in the catalogue of his collection.