E-auction 453-365865 - fme_718505 - ANTINOUS Médaille, Antinoüs
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| Estimate : | 35 € |
| Price : | 16 € |
| Maximum bid : | 18 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 December 2021 18:30:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Antinoüs
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,74 g.
Edge : lisse + 1000
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire astiqué. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de profil à droite, signé : MONTALTO.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN GREC).
Reverse description : Antinoüs nu, se cachant les yeux.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 30,5 mm.
Diameter without bail: 30.5 mm
Diameter without bail: 30.5 mm
Historical background
ANTINOUS
(+130)
Antinous, a young man of Greek origin, was born in Claudiopolis of Bithynia between 108 and 110. During his trip to Bithynia in 128, Hadrian noticed the young man who was of great beauty. Antinous followed his friend on his second journey. In 130, he was accidentally drowned in the Nile and Hadrian was greatly saddened. To commemorate the memory of his friend, he founded the city of Antinopolis and authorized the Greek cities of Asia Minor to raise altars to him and to consecrate a temple to him, which put Sabina, Hadrian's wife, in great anger. The traditional circles of Rome did not forgive the Emperor for this love for this young man, nor for the cult that the Emperor devoted to him after his death. Hadrian never recovered from the loss of his friend and became a misanthrope. Marguerite Yourcenar, in her novel "The Memoirs of Hadrian", immortalized the affair of the two men.
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