198, Lot: 385. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PADUAN MEDALLION, after Giovanni Cavino, 1500-1570. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Æ Cast Medallion (36mm, 36.53 g, 7h). ΟCΤΙΛΙΟC ΜΑΡΚЄΛΛΟC Ο ΙЄΡΕΥC ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΥ, bare-headed and draped bust right / TOIC AXAIOIC ANЄΘHKЄ, Mercury standing facing, head left, holding winged caduceus in left hand, restraining rearing Pegasus with right. Klawans p. 85, 2; Lawrence 51. Good VF. Later cast. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.

A demonstration of the continued fascination with the tale of Antinoüs, these medallions were apparently made over a long period of time in the 16th and 17th centuries.