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February 2023 Auction 15 Feb 2023
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3 x 'Paduan' Medals comprising: (1) Imitation of Domitian (AD 81-96) Sestertius after Giovanni da Cavino (Padua, 1500-70) (35mm, 23.38g), obv. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER PP, laureate head right, rev. PONT MAX TR P VII[I] LVD SAEC, emperor seated left on platform inscribed SPQQO SVFPD giving incense/fumigants to citizen standing right accompanied by child, tetrastyle temple in background, (Lawrence Medals by Giovanni Cavino p.14 no.40.2; cf.British Museum B.12896), uneven edge, scratches to right field, Fine; (2) Imitation of Nero (AD 54-68) after Giovanni da Cavino (36mm, 23.22g), obv. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM PM TRP IMP PP, laureate bust right, rev. ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES, Annona standing before Ceres seated left, SC in exergue, (cf. Lawrence p.10 no.16), holed at 5 o'clock, Fine; and (3) A cast copy of a Domitia Longina (wife of Domitian 71-96AD) Sestertius (33mm, 18.67g), obv. DOMITIA AVG IMP CAES DIVI F DOMITIAN AVG around bust of Domitia facing right, erroneously with hair in longue queue and lacking laureate (possibly a copy produced by the British Museum itself, see BMCRE p.413 note 502), rev. DIVI CAESARIS MATER around Domitia as Pietas enthroned facing left and holding a sceptre, her right arm reaching towards a child standing left before her, its right hand raised, SC in exergue, AVF
Estimate: 100 - 150 GBP
3 x 'Paduan' Medals comprising: (1) Imitation of Domitian (AD 81-96) Sestertius after Giovanni da Cavino (Padua, 1500-70) (35mm, 23.38g), obv. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER PP, laureate head right, rev. PONT MAX TR P VII[I] LVD SAEC, emperor seated left on platform inscribed SPQQO SVFPD giving incense/fumigants to citizen standing right accompanied by child, tetrastyle temple in background, (Lawrence Medals by Giovanni Cavino p.14 no.40.2; cf.British Museum B.12896), uneven edge, scratches to right field, Fine; (2) Imitation of Nero (AD 54-68) after Giovanni da Cavino (36mm, 23.22g), obv. NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM PM TRP IMP PP, laureate bust right, rev. ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES, Annona standing before Ceres seated left, SC in exergue, (cf. Lawrence p.10 no.16), holed at 5 o'clock, Fine; and (3) A cast copy of a Domitia Longina (wife of Domitian 71-96AD) Sestertius (33mm, 18.67g), obv. DOMITIA AVG IMP CAES DIVI F DOMITIAN AVG around bust of Domitia facing right, erroneously with hair in longue queue and lacking laureate (possibly a copy produced by the British Museum itself, see BMCRE p.413 note 502), rev. DIVI CAESARIS MATER around Domitia as Pietas enthroned facing left and holding a sceptre, her right arm reaching towards a child standing left before her, its right hand raised, SC in exergue, AVF
Estimate: 100 - 150 GBP