ANCIENT THEMES. Dido, Queen of Carthage. Cast Æ Medal (40mm, 27.67 g, 6h). Later cast after Alessandro Cesati, “il Grechetto” (fl. 1538-1564).

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ANCIENT THEMES. Dido, Queen of Carthage. Cast Æ Medal (40mm, 27.67 g, 6h). Later cast after Alessandro Cesati, “il Grechetto” (fl. 1538-1564). ΔΙΔΩ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ, draped bust of Dido right / View of Carthage, seen from aerial perspective; three galleys at base of city’s marine walls; above on left, [ΚΑΡΧΗΔΩΝ]. Attwood 942. Brown patina, reverse worn nearly smooth. VF/Fine.


Closing Date and Time: 10 March 2021 at 14:11:40 ET.

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