Massive Plaquette

261, Lot: 498. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Fantasy medals. Titus. AD 79-81. Æ Plaquette (94mm, 133.85 g). By an uncertain French medallist of the 17th-18th centuries. TITE VESPASIEN XI EMPEREVR MORT L’AN 81 DE IESVS CHRIST, laureate head left / Partial incuse of obverse. VF, attractive brown patina, holed, numerous scratches around certain details of portrait, scuff behind portrait.

Ex Michael Hall Collection.