364, Lot: 332. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY. Divus Julius Caesar (died 44 BC). Æ Plaquette (41mm, 38.56 g). By an uncertain artist, circa early 16th century. • DIVI • IVLI •, laureate and draped bust right; lituus behind, star before forehead / Blank. Kress 270; Poznań 11. EF, brown patina, holed. Cast.
From the RBW Collection. Ex Sternberg XXI (14 November 1988), lot 633.
Possibly inspired by an intaglio in the Medici collection.