Struck Paduan

CNG 94, Lot: 2012. Estimate $500. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PADUAN MEDAL. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ ‘Sestertius’ (35mm, 21.70 g, 7h). By Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570). IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right / ROMA RESVRGENS, Vespasian, togate, standing left, clasping hands with Roma kneeling right; behind Roman, Minerva or Virtus standing right, wearing shield; S C in exergue. Johnson & Martini 1549-59; Klawans 3. VF, yellow-brown patina, hairline flan crack, light cleaning marks in fields. Attractive original strike.