Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 389 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$1750 / Price 
                  Realized: US$1200 
                  Antinous, Favorite of Hadrian. Bronze drachm 



             



            Antinous, Favorite of Hadrian. Bronze drachm (25.08 gm). Egypt, 
            Alexandria, Year 19 = 134-135 AD. ANTINOOY - [HPWOC], bust draped 
            right, wearing hem-hem crown / L IÈ, Antinous as Hermes on horseback 
            right, nude except for cloak around shoulders, and holding caduceus; 
            horse rears with both forelegs in air. Unpublished reverse-type 
            variant of Cologne 1276 and Dattari 2080. Unusually complete on both 
            sides, with full personal name and complete portrait, including 
            Antinous’ headdress. Fine plus/very fine. 

            Antinous’ horse is usually shown pacing right, with either its left 
            or its right foreleg reaching to the ground, and its other foreleg 
            raised. On our coin the horse instead rears right, with both 
            forelegs in the air. It is most unusual to find an unpublished 
            variant of this well-known and comparatively common type. 




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  ... Lot 389 sold for high bid of $1200 [ $1380, or approx 1066.74 EUR, 703.8 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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