Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 732. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GALATIA, Ankyra. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Died 130 AD. Æ 32mm (24.58 gm, 7h). Julius Saturninus, magistrate. QEWC ANTINOOC, bare head right / IOUL CATOPNINOC ANKVPANOIC, the god Mên standing left wearing cloak and Phrygian cap, crescent on shoulder, holding anchor and sceptre. Blum pg. 51, 2 var. (bust draped); Arslan 46 var. (same); SNG France 2445 var. (same): BMC Galatia -; SNG Copenhagen 108; SNG von Aulock -. Near VF, a bit weak, black patina. ($1000)

From the David A. Dowdy Collection.

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