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CILICIA, Mallus. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Died 130 AD. Æ 15mm (10.41 gm)
CILICIA, Mallus. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Died 130 AD. Æ 15mm (10.41 gm)

CILICIA, Mallus. Antinoüs, favorite of Hadrian. Died 130 AD. Æ 15mm (10.41 gm)

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ANTINOON HRWA [PR]O, bare-headed, heroic bust right / MALLWTWN, tripod with censer, serpent entwined around legs. Blum
This obverse legend is otherwise only known from Delphi , where it is completed as Antinoon Hrwa Propulaion, "Antinoüs hero, before the gateway", by extension to propolou, "one who serves a god". Antinoüs' status as a favorite of the emperor, and his early, tragic death made him a prime intermediary between mortals and the gods.