EGYPT, Alexandria. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Æ Diobol (23mm, 7.64 g, 12h). Struck RY 19 of Hadrian (AD 134/135).

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Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 1 250

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Æ Diobol (23mm, 7.64 g, 12h). Struck RY 19 of Hadrian (AD 134/135). ANTINOOV [HPωOC], draped bust right, wearing hem–hem crown / Antinoüs, cloaked and holding caduceus with his right arm, on horseback right; L [I]Θ (date) to right and below. Köln 1277 var. (placement of date); Dattari (Savio) 8012; K&G 34a.3; Blum 5; RPC III 6082; Emmett 1348.19 (R3). Dark brown patina with areas of olive green, minor roughness. Near VF. Rare.

From the Stein A. Evensen Collection. Ex Elsen 103 (12 December 2009), lot 507 (incorrectly catalogued as a hemidrachm).


Closing Date and Time: 10 March 2021 at 12:11:40 ET.

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