Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 2056. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MEDALLIC COPIES. "Paduan", after Giovanni Cavino. 1499-1570. Otho. Æ Fantasy Medallic "Sestertius" (41.25 gm). Late aftercast (19th century?). Laureate and draped bust right / Fanciful mythological scene of a naked warrior with two captives by altar. Lawrence -; Klawans 8. Good VF. ($300)
This is a later cast of the original struck Cavino medallion in the British Museum, illustrated in Klawans.