My latest from
FORUM. I normally don't collect
tesserae, but this one was too
good to pass up. My only coin for
Antinous is a miniscule specimen, and this
tessera has a rather nice
portrait.
The
Forum description:
Lead
tessera, apparently unpublished,
Dattari-Savio -,
Geissen -,
Milne -,
Emmett -,
Blum -,
SNG Cop -,
SNG Milan -, gF, gray-brown
patina with highlighting earthen deposits,
reverse off center, Antinoopolis(?)
mint,
weight 4.994g, maximum
diameter 23.8mm,
die axis 180o, c. 130 - 153 A.D.;
obverse draped
bust of
Antinous right, wearing hem-hem crown of
Harpocrates, large crescent before with horns left;
reverse Nilus reclining right on
sphinx,
reed in
his left hand curling up behind
his shoulder and
head,
cornucopia before him in left hand; Euthenia on right, standing left, crowning
Nilus with a
wreath; ex Classical Numismatic Group e-auction 476 (9
Sep 2020), lot 287; ex BLS
Collection; extremely
rare, perhaps unique, this is the only specimen of this
type known to
FORVM.