Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Cast Æ Medal (38mm, 29.11 g, 12h). Paduan type. Later cast after Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570).

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The Cloudesley Collection of Hadrian Bronzes, Bronze

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Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Cast Æ Medal (38mm, 29.11 g, 12h). Paduan type. Later cast after Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). ANTINOOΣ · OKTIΛIOΣ · MAPKЄΛΛO · OOIЄYC TOV (sic), Bareheaded and draped bust right / AΔPIANOΣ ωKOΔOMHΣEN (Hadrian built [this]), the 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, crocodile right, pursuing ibis. Cf. Johnson & Martini 1697-1702 (for obv.); Attwood 1239. Brown surfaces, some deposits, marks. VF.

From the Cloudesley Collection. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 53 (13 March 2002), lot 1135.


Closing Date and Time: 20 April 2022 at 12:29:40 ET.