Province Bithynia-Pontus
City Tium 
Region Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΩΙ ΗΡΩΙ (sic)
Obverse design head of Antinous, right, his hair bound with taenia
Reverse inscription ΤΙΑΝΟΙ
Reverse design Antinous, half-naked, seated on garlanded altar, right, his right arm resting on altar, holding in upraised left sistrum (?)

Coin no. 2 of RPC III, 1194

 

Reference Leu 30, 28 Apr. 1982, lot 368 (ex Sotheby’s, Cafrae II, 8 July 1901, lot 111; Feuardent, Burel coll., 11–14 June 1913, lot 535; Hess, Trau coll., 22 May 1935, lot 1325; MM-Leu, Niggeler coll. 2, 21–22 Oct. 1966, lot 599; MM 52, 19–20 June 1975, lot 647)
Diameter 34.5
Weight 24.49
Axis
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