Italian Cast Bronze Large Ancient Coin Paperweight animalmenagerie Represented through photographic portraits

Represented through photographic portraits

and currently based in Amherst

Really a terrific piece that would command attention wherever it is placed

How much nicer to use this old hourglass timer than one's phone to track the minutes while boiling an egg

especially the two groups of rather mysterious looking figures in landscapes on either side of the box

Italian Cast Bronze Large Ancient Coin Paperweight animalmenagerie Represented through photographic portraitsThis interesting cast bronze object, which I think I'd use as a paperweight, is based on a very ancient (c. 275 B. C) coin from Hatria (now Atri in the Abruzzo region of Italy and thus the HAT on one side), perhaps originally an Etruscan colony, then Roman, which sold for about 50K at auction in 2016. It features the head of Silenus (a drinking companion of Bacchus) on one side, and a sleeping dog on the other. I'd guess this oversized reproduction