RPC III, 443

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 443
Province Achaea
Region Phocis
City Delphi
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Magistrate Aristotimos (priest)
Obverse inscription [ΟΙ ΑΜΦΙΚ] ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΝ ΗΡΩΑ ΠΡΟΠΥΛΑΙ[ΟΝ]
Nominative Antinous Hero
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, left
Reverse inscription [Ο Ι]ΕΡΕΥϹ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΤΙΜΟϹ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ
Reverse design Antinous as Apollo standing right, holding plectrum and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Reference Blum Delphi —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 442/1.
Note Fiorelli (N 8571) describes a coin of Antinous which he gives to Sardes as follows: ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΝ ΗΡΩΑ ΠΡΟΜΥΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΜΦΙΚ; testa nuda di Antinoo a sin./ CΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡ; Apollo in piedi a dr., con abito talare, suonanda la lira. The obverse legend, though wrongly read, proves it is a coin of Delphi whose reverse legend must have been tooled, but the description of the type is correct, as proved by the CNG specimen. Blum Sardes 3 probably refers to such a coin

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG MBS 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 581