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Cast fakes 412 viewsCast fakes of well known coins made by Slavey. Artificial patina. Low quality.

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Cavino - Antinous113 viewsCast Renaissance era sestertius size medallion of Antinous; Paduan or similar, after Cavino. AE: 38.4mm, 47g
obv: OCTILIOC MARKELLOC O IEREUC TOU ANTINOOU draped bust of Antinous, r.
rev: TOIC AXAIOIC ANEQHKE Mercury standing facing, head left, holding winged caduceus in left hand, restraining rearing Pegasus with right

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Cavino - Antinous96 viewsPaduan sestertius of Antinous, Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), Æ Cast Medallion, 40mm, 47.47g
obv: OCTILIOC MARKELLOC O IEREUC TOU ANTINOOU bare-headed bustof Antinous, right
rev: TOIC AXAIOIC ANEQHKE Mercury standing facing, head l., holding winged caduceus in l. hand, restraining rearing Pegasus with r.
cf: Klawans pg. 85, 2; Lawrence 51.
Sold by a major house in 2005 for $400 US
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Cavino - Antoninus Pius115 viewsPaduan cast AE sestertius of Antoninus Pius, after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570)
obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P XVII laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, r.
rev: Emperor, seated, l., crowned by Honos and Virtus, stdg, l. and r. COS IIII in exe
aftercast, Italian, circa 18th century
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Cavino - Augustus, "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Divus Augustus. Æ "Sestertius"265 views[Paduan medals] "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Divus Augustus. Æ "Sestertius" (33mm, 16.24 g). Laureate head left / OB CIVES SER in three lines within wreath supported by capricorns. Klawans p. 22, 1; Lawrence 4. VF, dark brown patina. Late aftercast

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Cavino - Caligula161 viewsCaligula. Paduan AE sestertius after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 35mm, 22.79g
obv: C CAES DIVI AVG PRON AVG PM TR P III PP laureate head left
rev: AD LOCVT Emperor standing left on low platform, saluting four soldiers standing below, SC in fields to r. and l., COH in exe.
cf: Klawans 7. Later pressed copy.
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Cavino - Caligula and Sisters197 viewsPaduan cast AE sestertius of Caligula, after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 17.78g
obv: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT laureate head of Caligula left
rev: AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA Imperial sisters Agrippina, Drusilla and Julia standing facing one another , holding cornucopiae; SC in exe.
cf: RIC 33, Cohen 4, also Klawans 1.
Later cast.
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Cavino - Caligula and Sisters172 viewsCaligula. Paduan AE sestertius of Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 35mm, 17.57g
obv: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT laureate head left
rev: AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA Imperial sisters stdg with cornucopiae in attitudes of deities, SC in exe
cf: RIC 33, Cohen 4, Sear5, 1800.
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Cavino - Caligula. Æ "Sestertius"269 views[Paduan medals] "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Gaius (Caligula). Æ "Sestertius" (35mm, 21.41 g). Laureate head left / Agrippina, Drusilla and Julia standing. Klawans p. 35, 2; Lawrence 9. VF, dark brown patina. Later aftercast.

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Cavino - Caracalla110 viewsPaduan AE sestertius after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 37mm, 38g
obv: M AVRELIVS ANTONINVS AVG BRIT PM TR P XVI laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right rev: IMP II COS IIII PP emperor in slow quadriga, right ; S-C in fields at extreme left and right
cf: Klawans 1
later (19th century?) aftercast, taken from a holed original (note at 12 o'clock on obv, 7 o'clock on rev at ground line)
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Cavino - Claudius151 viewsPaduan medallion of Claudius by or after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570). Æ "Sestertius," 62mm, 61.77g
obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP PP laureate head left
rev: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMAN IMP Arch of Nero Claudius Drusus, being a triumphal ceremonial gate consisting of single arch and decorated piers set on raised base with four columns supporting ornate attic, the whole surmounted by equestrian statue of Nero Claudius Drusus rearing r., spearing downwards, trophies consisting of Gallic helmets and shields flanking, all cast within ornate frame. SC in fields to l. and r.
cf: Klawans 4 (this specimen); Lawrence 14.
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Cavino - Claudius88 viewsClaudius. Cast Paduan AE sestertius size medallion attributed to the studio of Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), after 1535. 36mm, 21.22g
obv: laureate head right rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVGPM TRP IMP PP
rev: SPQR ARCVS DVCTVS AQAE VRGINIS DIST VRBATOS PER C CAESAR A FVNDAMENTIS NOVOS FECIT AC RESTITVTIT within wreath
refers to the Aqua Virgo, built by Agrippa and restored by Claudius, restored by Pope Paul III beginning 1535; this “Claudian sestertius” is a commemorative of the event.
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Cavino - Claudius, per Nero Claudius Drusus155 viewsClaudius. Cast Paduan AE sestertius of Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 35mm, 25.50g
obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP PPP laureate head right
rev: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMAN IMP equestrian statue of Drusus atop triumphal arch
cf: RIC 98, also Klawans 2.
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Cavino - Commodus132 viewsPaduan AE sestertius medallion of Commodus, by or after Giovanni Cavino, Italian 16th century, 37mm, 36.59g.
obv: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS BRIT laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, r.
rev: PM TR P X IMP VII COS IIII PP Salus seated l., holding patera from which she feeds serpent coiled around a tree; statue (Baccus?) atop short column before her at left; SALVS in exe.
cf: Klawans pp. 96-7, 1; Vierordt 1749.
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Cavino - Didius Julianus177 viewsPaduan AE sestertius after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 38mm, 44.91g
obv: IMP CAESAR M DIDI SEVERVS IVLIAN AVG PM laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Didius Julianus (193 AD), right
rev: quadriga, left, Nike flying above; in the style of Syracusan tetradrachmae, COS II SC in exe.
cf: Klawans 2.
later aftercast
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Cavino - Divus Augustus103 viewsDivus Augustus. Cast Paduan AE sestertius by or after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 34mm, 23.02g
obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER laureate head left
rev: wreath supported by Capricorns, legend OB CIVES SER within, S and C in fields without, globe beneath between capricorns
cf: Klawans 1.
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Cavino - Divus Augustus88 viewsDivus Augustus. Cast Paduan AE sestertius by or after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 34mm, 23.44g
obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER laureate head left
rev: FELICITATI AVG on sail of galley sailing right, COS III PP in exe.
Mule of Klawans Augustus 5 and Hadrian 1 (cf both).
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Cavino - Domitian114 viewsPaduan AE sestertius after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 36mm, 19.42g, after coinage of Domitian commemorating the Secular Games of 88 AD
obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER PP laureate head of Domitian, r.
rev: PONT MAX TR P V LVD SAEC Domitian seated left on platform inscribes SEQQO SVFPD, accepting fruges (sacrifical offerings) from a citizen standing r., with child, before with upraised arms; temple in background, top SC in exe.
cf: Klawans p. 72, 5; Lawrence 40-3
early aftercast
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Cavino - Domitian. Æ "Sestertius"208 views[Paduan medals] "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Domitian. Æ "Sestertius" (36mm, 19.42 g). Laureate head right / Domitian seated left on low platform, giving fumigants to a citizen standing right, child standing before with upraised arms; temple in background. Klawans p. 72, 5; Lawrence 40-3. VF, brown patina. Early aftercast.

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Cavino - Faustina II200 viewsFaustina II (a.k.a. Faustina Junior), 147-175 AD. AE Paduan sestertius size medallion engraved by Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 33.57 g.
obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL draped bust r., wearing hair bound up and tied with fillet
rev: Vestals sacrificing over lighted altar before temple, S C in exe. Cf. Gnecchi Lucilla 13 and Crispina 5 (for rev. type); Klawans 2; Lawrence 59.
The medallion is a fantasy, as it imitates a reverse type of Julia Domna, found on dupondii and asses, but not as a sestertius and not for Faustina II. For the Doman type cf: f: RIC 607 [Caracalla], Cohen 234, BMC 232.
An extraordinary Renaissance era forgery; sold as such by a major house in 2010 for $2,400 US

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Cavino - Faustina II70 viewsPaduan AE sestertius after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 40mm, 32.04g
obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL draped bust of Faustina II, right
rev: peacock in splendor, facing
cf: Klawans 1
later aftercast
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Cavino - Faustina Junior. Æ "Sestertius"198 views[Paduan medals] "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Faustina Junior. Æ "Sestertius" (35mm, 29.06 g). Draped bust right / Horse springing left. For obverse: Klawans, p. 90, 2; Lawrence 59; for reverse: Welter 1969; Davenport 397. VF, red-brown patina, reverse filed.
The reverse is an off-metal strike of a 2/3 Taler of Ernst-August of Brunswick-Calenberg-Hannover, 1679-1698.

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Cavino - Galba96 viewsCast AE medallion, 18th century, after a Paduan sestertius of Giovanni Cavino (d. 1570), 34.4mm
obv: SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TRP laureate head of Galba, r.
rev: ADLOCVT SC Galba at r., on dais saluting three soldiers bearing standards
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Cavino - Galba100 viewsCast AE Paduan sestertius, 16th century or (more probably) a later copy (18th century?). By or after Cavino. 33.6mm.
obv: IMP SER SVI P GALBA CAES AVG PR POT draped laureate bust of Galba, r.
rev: ADLOCVT SC Galba on dais at r. saluting three soldiers bearing standards
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