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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Tesserae| > RX38975
Roman Egypt, Antinoopolites Nome?, Portrait of Antinous, c. 137 - 138 A.D.?
|Roman| |Tesserae|, |Roman| |Egypt,| |Antinoopolites| |Nome?,| |Portrait| |of| |Antinous,| |c.| |137| |-| |138| |A.D.?|, On 30 October 130 A.D., Hadrian founded the city of Antinoopolis on the very bank of the Nile river where Antinous drowned. It was the capital of a new nome, Antinoopolites. Perhaps the date on this coin is year 8 of an era beginning with the founding of Antinoopolis.

Which side is the obverse is ambiguous and references diverge.
RX38975. Lead tessera, Geissen 3579 (same dies, smaller flan); Dattari 6445 corr; Emmett 4357 (R5); Milne -, aF, Antinoopolis? mint, weight 4.445g, maximum diameter 21.5mm, die axis 45o, c. 137 - 138 A.D.?; obverse bust of Serapis right, modius on head, L - H (year 8) across fields; reverse draped bust of Antinous right, wearing Hemhem crown, L - H (year 8) across fields; extremely rare; SOLD










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