| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1285 Price realized: 220 CHF (Approx. 250 USD / 231 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: MYSIA. Hadrianotherae. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Hemiassarion (Bronze, 15 mm, 2.55 g, 11 h), Marcus Ner. Longinus, strategos, time of Hadrian, 117-138. ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΘΗΡ[ΙΤΩΝ] Head of a bear to left. Rev. [ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ] ΝΕΡ ΛΟΝΓΙΝΟΥ Telesphorus standing facing. Plankenhorn, Mysien, p. 62, 2 (this coin). RPC III 1625. SNG Paris 1088. SNG von Aulock 1083. Von Fritze 558. Very rare. Thin flan crack and with minor deposits, otherwise, about very fine. From the collection of G. Plankenhorn, Leu Web Auction 27, 9-11 September 2023, 1059. Hadrian was a great lover of the hunt, to the extent that he founded the city of Hadrianotherai (the name literally means: 'Hadrian's hunts') on the spot of a successful bear hunt in Mysia. The head of the dreaded wild animal is shown on local medallions of Antinoüs, who must have accompanied the emperor on the hunting expedition, and on this lovely small issue of the Philhellenic emperor himself. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
