267, Lot: 578. Estimate $200. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY. Dido, Queen of Carthage. Æ Medal (53mm, 74.12 g, 2h). Cast after a struck original by Alessandro Cesati, fl. 1538-1564. ΔΙΔΩ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ, laureate and draped bust right / ΚΑΡΧΗΔΩΝ, fantastical view of Carthage, three galleys before. Kress 368; Attwood 942. Good VF, made from a double-struck original.