The Divine Cleopatra

364, Lot: 354. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY. Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC). Æ Medal (33mm, 26.71 g, 6h). By Vittore di Antonio Gambello (“Camelio”), circa 1530s. Diademed and draped bust right / ΔIA KΛEOΠATIA (sic), nude male figure seated on tree stump; dog reclining to left, lit altar to right. Attwood 384 (attributed to Valerio Belli); Middeldorf 29. VF, brown patina. Cast with minor pitting.

From the RBW Collection, purchased from Jan Lis, December 1993.