PADUAN MEDALLION, after Giovanni Cavino, 1500-1570. Antinoüs. Died AD 130. Æ Cast Medallion (38mm, 30.98 g, 5h). Hostilius Marcellus, priest of Antinoüs. OCTIΛIOC MAPKЄΛΛOC O IЄPEYC TOY ANTINOOY, bare-headed bust right / TOIC AXAIOIC ANЄΘHKЄ, Mercury standing facing, head left, holding winged caduceus and restraining rearing Pegasus. Klawans p. 85, 2; Lawrence 51. Good VF. Early cast.
A demonstration of the continued fascination with the tale of Antinoüs, these medallions were apparently made over a long period of time in the 16th and 17th centuries.
