Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1290. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Æ Hemidrachm (13.22 gm, 12h). Dated RY 19 of Hadrian (134/5 AD). Draped bust right, wearing hem-hem crown / Antinoüs, as Hermes-Thoth, on horseback right, holding caduceus; date in fields. Blum p. 54, 10; Köln -; Dattari 2084; Milne 1481; Emmett 1347. Fine, dark brown patina. ($750)
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Knobloch Collection (Stack's 1-3 May, 1980), lot 606.