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LOT 2821
Antinous AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Died AD 130.
Struck RY 19 of Hadrian (AD 134/5). ANTINOOV HPധOC, draped bust right, wearing hem–hem crown / Antinous, cloaked and holding caduceus, on horseback right; L I Θ (date) in field. RPC III 6062; Geissen 1275; Dattari 2080. Good Very Fine. Tooled.(20.68gr, 33mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 91, 11 August 2024, lot 430.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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