ANCIENT THEMES. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Cast WM Medallion (39mm, 20.88 g, 6h). Paduan type. Obverse after Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Hostilius Marcellus, priest of Antinoüs.

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ANCIENT THEMES. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Cast WM Medallion (39mm, 20.88 g, 6h). Paduan type. Obverse after Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Hostilius Marcellus, priest of Antinoüs. ANTIN OOΣ • OKTIΛIOΣ • MAPKEΛΛO • C O (IP)ЄYC TOV, bareheaded and draped bust right / • АΔΡΙΑΝΟΣ • ωKOΔΟΗΣΕΝ (Hadrian built), shrine of Antinoüs: statue of Antinoüs standing within aedicula set on basis set on raised floor; all within elaborate two-story tetrastyle temple façade with four steps; intercolumnations decorated with figural panels; above, entablature with ornate frieze; in pediment; ibises flanking winged caduceus; below shrine, crocodile right, preparing to consume ibis. Cf. Johnson & Martini 1697-1702 (for obv.). VF.

From the Toliver Besson Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 342 (14 January 2015), lot 1054. Reportedly from the Apostolo Zeno Collection (not in the Dorotheum sale).


Closing Date and Time: 26 August 2020 at 14:01:00 ET.

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