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1966.108.8.b

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Cosimo Scapti

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Artist

Giovanni del Cavino (1500 - 1570)

Title

Cosimo Scapti

Creation Date

ca. 1500-1599

Century

16th century

Dimensions

1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.108.8.b

Object Description

51 COSIMO SCAPTI

Obv. Head to right. Around, COSMVS SCAPTIVS
Rev. Salus seated facing left, facing statue of Bacchus on a column; she gives drink from a patera to a serpent entwined on a vine branch. Around, . PM . TR . P . X IMP VI . COS . III . P . P . ; in exergue, SALVS
Bronze, struck, 38 mm.

The reverse is from Cavino's "sestertius" of Commodus (Lawrence, no. 64).

Bibl.: Arm. i, p. 184, 33; Kress, no. 398; Forrer i, p. 372 (ill.); Lawrence, no. 108 (says statue is Aesculapius).