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Italian Medals: CM.781-2009

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Italian Medals

Maker(s)

Maker: Cavino, Giovanni da

Entities

Categories

Description

Claudius (AD 41-54), by Giovanni da Cavino (1500-70), bronze struck over an ancient orichalcum Roman sestertius, with the original design and Roman countermark, NCAPR for ‘Nero Cæsar Augustus probavit’, visible (see BMC I p. xxxi). Klawans, p. 39, no. 1. Displayed in the Fitzwilliam Museum 1980-1988.

Notes

History note: Under Review

Acquisition and important dates

(2009) by H.M. Government

Dating

1500 - 1570

Components of the work

Object

Materials used in production

Bronze

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.781-2009
Primary reference Number: 246885
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Audit data

Created: Monday 7 September 2020 Updated: Monday 29 March 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Coins and Medals

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