Bithynia. Tion. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian after AD 130.
Medallion Æ
36 mm, 37,36 g
ANTINOΩI HPOI, draped bust of Antinoüs to left / TIANOI, Antinoos, as Dionysos, holding thyrsos over left shoulder and riding on panther to right.
good very fine
Blum 1; RPC III 1191.
Tium was remarkable as the birthplace of Philetairos, the founder of the royal dynasty of Pergamon.
From a German collection