Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 735. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

“PADUAN,” after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Æ Cast Medallion (40mm, 47.47 gm, 12h). OCTILIOC MARKELLOC O IEREUC TOU ANTINOOU, bare-headed bust right / TOIC AXAIOIC ANEQHKE, Mercury standing facing, head left, holding winged caduceus in left hand, restraining rearing Pegasus with right. Klawans pg. 85, 2; Lawrence 51. Good VF, brown patina. Later cast. ($300)

From the David A. Dowdy Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 23 (5-6 November 1982), lot 393.

A demonstration of the continued fascination with the tale of Antinoüs. These medallions were apparently made over a long period of time in the 16th and 17th centuries, in a variety of metals.

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