2003.265: Coin of Delphi, struck under Hadrian with the Image of Antinous

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2003.265

People

Hadrian, Roman (r. 117-138 CE)
Antinoos (Claudiopolis, Bithynia 110 - 130 Egypt)

Title

Coin of Delphi, struck under Hadrian with the Image of Antinous

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

130 CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Delphi (Phokis)

Period

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/71239

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

10.74 g

Die Axis

8

Inscriptions and Marks

• Obverse Inscription: [ΑΝΤΙ]ΝΟΟΝ Η[ΡΩΑ ΠΡΟΠ - ΑΜΦΙΚΤYΟΝΕC]
• Reverse Inscription: [O] IEPEYC API[CTOΤΙMOC ANEΘΗΚΕ] (lunate Es)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Stacks', April 1970 Knobloch #238
M&M 52, 1975, #632
Berk 128th BBS, 15 Aug. 2002, lot 20
Berk 130th BBS, 6 Jan. 2003, lot 779
Berk 134th BBS, 8 Oct. 2003, lot 622

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

RPC III 444 #4 (this coin); BCD Phokis 400

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund

Accession Year

2003

Object Number

2003.265

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obverse: Bare head of Antinoos, r.
Reverse: Tripod with stand

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