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Auction 17  26 Oct 2018
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Lot 320

Estimate: 750 CHF
Price realized: 2200 CHF
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ITALY. Padua. Mid 16th Century. Medallion (Bronze, 38 mm, 42.64 g, 7 h), by Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570), on Marcus Aurelius Caesar. AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII F COS I Bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Marcus to right, with drapery on his far shoulder. Rev. On the right, Minerva standing to left, resting her left hand on a shield inscribed VIC/AV/G and pointing with her left at Argos, seated to right before a building with an arched door, working on the prow of a galley to his right. Klawans 93, 4. Lawrence 58. Martini 1724-1725 (but both of those are later and rather coarse casts). A particularly sharp, contemporary struck example with a fine brown patina. Extremely fine.

From a European collection and from the collection of L. Stack, Morton & Eden 9 December 2009, 163, ex Stack's Coin Galleries, 18 July 2007, 2091.
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