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Lot # 717
Study Forgeries. Nero "Paduan" hybrid-medal by Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570) or contemporary (Bronze, 35.5 mm, 33.91 g). NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, Laureate head right, with aegis. Rev. SECV RI TAS P R / S C, Emperor, togate, standing right, clasping hand with soldier; between them, garlanded altar; to right and behind, three more soldiers, holding signa and aquilae. Klawans -. Johnson-Martini 1401 (obverse of Nero), and 1486 (reverse of Otho). British Museum Collections B.12758. Cast and subsequently reworked with a burin, one of the production techniques documented in Cavino's goldsmith workshop. Splendid Renaissance patina. Very Rare type.