contorniate; forgery (modern)

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contorniate; forgery(modern)

Object Type: contorniate; forgery (modern)
Museum number: 1906,1103.2798
Description: Copper alloy contorniate; modern forgery. (whole); Bust of Homer, draped, right; before, countermark. (obverse); View of the Circus Maximus. (reverse)
Producer name
Production date: 1860-1894 (between)
Materials
Dimensions: Weight: 24.690 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This is a cast of a late Roman contorniate made for collectors in the nineteenth century by Wilhelm Mayer the medallist of Stuttgart.
Bibliographic references: Alföldi / Die Kontorniat-Medaillons (90.1); Mittag 1999 / Alte Köpfe in neuen Händen: Urheber und Funktion der Kontorniaten (Homer) (obverse type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: author/poet; classical sport; circus/hippodrome
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Circus Maximus
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1906
Acquisition notes: Purchased from Mayer in 1894. The ticket states: "This is a cast made for collectors by Wilhelm Mayer the medallist of Stuttgart and stamped with his initials".
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1906,1103.2798
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: HSBC.781 (Money Gallery Exhibited)