426, Lot: 627. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANCIENT THEMES. Dido, Queen of Carthage. Circa late 9th-mid 8th centuries BC. Cast Æ Medal (53mm, 63.22 g, 1h). Later cat. Original by Allessandro Cesati, circa 1538-1564. Original manufactured circa 1550. • ΔIΔΩ (floral ornament) BAΣIΛIΣΣA (floral ornament, bust left, attired in Renaissance-style attire / Aerial view of Carthage from the coast, seen in perspective; KAPXHΔΩN (
CARTHAGE) to upper left. Attwood 942; Kress 368. Good VF, brown surfaces, holed for suspension to display the portrait.