Watch List notes:

ANCIENT THEMES. Cato the Elder. 234-139 BC. Cast Æ Medal (26mm, 9.82 g, 6h). By uncertain Italian artist, possibly Valerio Belli, or his school, circa 1520s-1540s, or slightly later. · M · PORTIVS · CATO ·, draped bust of Apollo right, wearing taenia / Classical scene: male seated right, holding cithara; to right. female standing right, holding or pointing to arms; additional figures behind. BC&G –, but cf. Attwood 386-91 for other examples from the same school. Good VF, brown surfaces. Later cast.