Gemini III, January 9th, 2007
Lot # 386,

Antinous, Favorite of Hadrian. (). Bronze medallion, 37-38 mm (43.17 
gm). Bithynia, Bithynium. H ÐÁÔPIC - ÁÍÔÉÍÏÏÍ - ÈÅÏÍ, bare-headed, 
draped bust left / [BEIÈ]VNI[EÙN AÄPIANÙN], Hermes standing left, 
holding pedum in left arm and placing right hand on neck of bull 
standing left beside him. Blum, “Numismatique d’Antinoos,” JIAN XVI 
(1914), p. 44, 9. Von Mosch, “Antinoos-Medaillons,” SNR 80 (2001), 
p. 125, 7 (these dies). Recueil General 15. Extremely rare. 
According to von Mosch, the reverse type depicts Hermes in 
the act of stealing cattle from the herd of the gods, a myth 
recounted in one of the Homeric Hymns. 

Sold for $4500 [ $5175, 4000.275 EUR, 2639.25 GBP] 


Re-used by permission of Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com) and
Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com)