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Antino\u00fcs, favorite of Hadrian, AE32, Aegeae, Cilicia, 133-134
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RPC III, 3355; SNG Levante 1723<\/font>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Obv.: \u0391\u039d\u03a4\u0399\u039d\u039f\u039f\u03f9 \u0397\u03a1\u03a9\u03f9, bare-headed draped bust of Antinous, right.<\/font><\/div>\n
Rev.:<\/font><\/font> \u0391\u0394\u03a1\u0399\u0391\u039d\u03a9\u039d \u0391\u0399\u0393\u0395  \u03a0\u03a1, Amaltheia standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and infant Zeus presenting her with wreath; to left, goat.<\/font><\/div>\n
21.22 g<\/font><\/div>\n
32 mm<\/font><\/div>\n
Graded by NGC AG, Strike: 4\/5, Surface: 3\/5. (Wrongfully attributed on the slab.)<\/font><\/div>\n

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Antino\u00fcs was a handsome Bithynian youth whom Hadrian probably noticed on his visit to Bithynium-Claudiopolis in 123\/4. <\/font><\/div>\n

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According to Hadrian’s recent biographer Anthony Birley, Antino\u00fcs likely found a “discreet place” in Hadrian’s entourage and accompanied the peripatetic emperor on his various journeys. Their relationship came to a mysterious end during Hadrian’s visit to Egypt in 130. During a barge trip up the Nile, Antino\u00fcs drowned, probably on October 24.<\/font><\/div>\n

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In his memoirs, Hadrian insisted the youth’s death was an accident, but other historians implied either that Hadrian had killed him in some sacrificial rite, or that Antino\u00fcs had committed ritual suicide to preserve Hadrian’s health. Whatever the true story, Hadrian’s grief was such that he deified the youth and founded the city of Antino\u00f6polis near the spot of his drowning. <\/font><\/div>\n

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The cult of Antino\u00fcs spread rapidly throughout the Greek east, making him the last of the truly popular Pagan gods. His sculpted image also became ubiquitous as the very personification of male beauty. Antino\u00fcs is extensively honored on the Roman provincial coinage of the East, particularly in Bithynia and Egypt, but is totally absent from the official Roman coinage.<\/font><\/div>\n
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Antino\u00fcs, favorite of Hadrian, AE32, Aegeae, Cilicia, 133-134 RPC III, 3355; SNG Levante 1723. Obv.: \u0391\u039d\u03a4\u0399\u039d\u039f\u039f\u03f9 \u0397\u03a1\u03a9\u03f9, bare-headed draped bust of Antinous, right. Rev.: \u0391\u0394\u03a1\u0399\u0391\u039d\u03a9\u039d \u0391\u0399\u0393\u0395  \u03a0\u03a1, Amaltheia standing, facing, head right, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia and infant Zeus presenting her with wreath; to left, goat. 21.22 g 32 mm Graded by NGC AG, Strike: 4\/5, Surface: 3\/5. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":51209,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51208","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"pif-has-gallery","8":"first","9":"outofstock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/51208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=51208"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=51208"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetonscanada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=51208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}