RPC III, 1065

Province Bithynia-Pontus
City Calchedon 
Region Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ ΗΡΩϹ
Obverse design bare-headed half-length bust of Antinous, l.
Reverse inscription ΚΑΛΧΑΔΟΝΙΟΙϹ, ΙΠΠΩΝ (in ex.)
Reverse design Antinous as Apollo reclining l., his r. arm over his head, on the back of a griffin flying r.

Coin no. 3 of RPC III, 1065

 

Reference Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 718 (ex Sternberg XIV, 24–25 May 1984, lot 330)
Diameter 38
Weight 38.34
Axis 12
Note the reverse was extensively tooled; the griffin was turned into a panther, Antinous holds a thyrsus and an amphora, the last letters of ΙΠΠΩΝ were kept but the legend transformed into ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
External URI https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=91957|99|718|e1d7d080424ad63ef33df1adcf871bf1 
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