Here both the Duke and the reverse remind one of Imperial Roman coin designs. I just picked this one up in Heritage auction. AV Quadrupla (2 Doppie d'oro) 1595 Parma Mint Postumus Issue: Depicts Alessandro Farnese/ Duke of Parma Struck in 1595 after his son Ranuccio Farnese became Duke Italian States/ Piacenza Alessandro Farnese was Philip II's Commander in Chief in the Flanders fighting Dutch insurgents. Had the Spanish Armada been able to destroy the Royal Navy, Farnese would have launced the Spanish invasion of England. Please add your modern Roman coins.
That's a beautiful late Renaissance gold coin. Here's another "Roman" look of a scudo from the same period: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1556-1598 AR.Ducato, struck circa 1564-1571 Philip II of Spain Naples Mint Obverse: PHILIPPVS REX ARAGON VTRI, bust right of Philip II, behind monogram GR above monogram VP. Reverse: HILA / RITAS / VNIVER / SA, within wreath. Ref:CNI XX pg.67.578. 40.5 mm, 2 h. 29.7 grams This coin was purchased in the early 1980's from a local coin dealer who specialized in Italian coins, especially Sicilian coinage. ,
The British milled coins especially from the 17th century onwards look very Roman-inspired to me. The legends are in Latin, not English, and the busts are often draped, the heads laureate. A tray I’m been working on:
