Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 720. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Cyzicus. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Died 130 AD. Æ 25mm (10.49 gm, 6h). Cleuneus, magistrate. [ANTINOO]C HPWC, bare head left / [APX KL]EVN EV (around) KYZI (in exergue), youth standing facing right , raising hand in salute and holding bridle of horse. Blum pg. 48, 1; SNG France 653 var. (reverse legend breaks); BMC Mysia pg. 47, 214; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Fine, dark green patina, old scratches. ($750)

From the David A. Dowdy Collection. Ex Edward Waddell I (December 1982), lot 139.

See lot 715 for a note on the life and coinage of Antinoüs.