★ Rare Denomination ★

Lydia, Sala. Antinous (favourite of Hadrian - died 130 AD). Time of Hadrian, AD. 117-138. AE. 7.22 g. - 20.49 mm. Gaius Valerius Androneikos, magistrate.
Obv.: ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟС ΗΡΩС. Bareheaded and draped bust right.
Rev.: ЄΠΙ Γ ΟVΑΛ ΑΝΔΡΟ СΑΛΗΝΩΝ. Antinoüs (as Dionysos), nude to the waist, himation over lower limbs, standing to right, with legs crossed, holding grape bunch in his right hand and his kantharos with his left, supported by a low column.
Ref.: RPC 2447; BMC 35-37; SNG Munich 459; SNG Copenhagen 439; cf. Nomos, Auction 19 (2019), Lot 265 (2'400 CHF); Numismatik Naumann, Auction 64 (2018), lot 298, (1'700€); Savoca Numismatik, 220th Monthly Silver Auction (2024), lot 142 (1'900€).
Rare denomination.
VF.