Italian Cast Bronze Large Ancient Coin Paperweight white enamel The incising is deep and

The incising is deep and expressionistic

probably installed right below the clock’s face

but if it is very humid it might need a quick pop in the freezer to correct a bit of expansion

but am not certain

I love the irregularity of the blue circles- sometimes overlapping

Italian Cast Bronze Large Ancient Coin Paperweight white enamel The incising is deep andThis 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