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Antinous Æ Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 21 of Hadrian = AD 136/7. ANTINOO[V] HPѠOC, draped bust left, wearing hem-hem crown / Antinous (as Hermes) on horseback to right, wearing chlamys, holding caduceus with his right hand; L-K[A] (date) across fields. RPC 6243.16 = Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 98 = Dattari (Savio) 8017 (this coin); Emmett 1348. 10.95g, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; of beautiful style, attractive brown/green patina. Rare.
This coin cited in A. Burnett, M. Amandry, Roman Provincial Coinage, Vol. III (London, 2015);
This coin published in A. Savio, Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 1999);
Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXI, 9 January 2018, lot 98;
Ex Renzo Canavesi Collection (Sagno);
Ex Dr. Piero Beretta Collection (Milan);
Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection, formed in Egypt prior to 1901.
Good Very Fine; of beautiful style, attractive brown/green patina. Rare.
This coin cited in A. Burnett, M. Amandry, Roman Provincial Coinage, Vol. III (London, 2015);
This coin published in A. Savio, Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 1999);
Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXI, 9 January 2018, lot 98;
Ex Renzo Canavesi Collection (Sagno);
Ex Dr. Piero Beretta Collection (Milan);
Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection, formed in Egypt prior to 1901.