Aftercast of a Sestertius of Titus with the Colosseum by Cavino

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2005.115.352
People: Titus, Roman (r. 79-81 CE)
Giovanni Cavino (1500 - 1570)
Title: Aftercast of a Sestertius of Titus with the Colosseum by Cavino
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 1850 - 1950
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Padua
Period: Modern
Culture: Italian, Northern Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/20342

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Cast

Dimensions

20.7 g

Denomination

sestertius

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: AVGVST / DIVI VES / PASIAN

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Collection of Margarete Bieber: bought in 1967 from Herb Brabant

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year: 2005
Object Number: 2005.115.352
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Titus seated on chair, holding laurel branch; before him a tripod, behind him a shield. Below rocks.
Reverse: The Coliseum seen from above. Four stories with columns. To the right a two-stores building, to the left the meta sudens.

Verification Level

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