Antinous, medallion, gF
$516.00
Oct-27-00

     Antinous, favourite of Hadrian, AE38 medallion, (34.63g) Smyrna,
     Ionia, Bare head right. / MOLEMWN ANEQHKE CMYPNAIOICC Bull
     standing right. SGI 1331: BMC339. Good F, porous dark patina.

     Antinous, a beautiful Bythinian boy and companion of Hadrian,
     drowned mysteriously in the Nile River as the pair visited Egypt
     in 130 AD. He was deified by Hadrian, and worshipped throughout
     the East.