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Electronic Auction 401  12 July 2017
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Lot 671

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 400 USD
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Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Cast "Sestertius" (34mm, 20.67 g, 12h). Paduan type. Later cast after Giovanni da Cavino, 1500-1570. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / View of the Circus Maximus. Johnson & Martini –; Klawans –. VF, brown surfaces with orichalcum highlights, light scratches in obverse fields. Aftercast.

Although this issue does not appear in the corpus of known Cavino's work, the style and fabric suggests the it belongs to a member of his school, if not the artist himself.
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