Coins in Art - Hans Memling 1480 painting of man holding Roman Nero coin

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  1. willieboyd2

    willieboyd2 First Class Poster

    I found a picture in an old art book which was a portrait of a man holding a coin.

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    Hans Memling, Man Holding a Roman Coin, painted around 1480

    A closeup of the coin:

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    The coin has been identified as a sestertius of Nero struck in Lyons.

    The coin's obverse legend appears close to "NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP PP" and there are around ten coins in the Roman Imperial Coins catalog matching this one.

    The painting is in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp which produced the above public domain photograph

    :)
     
    willieboyd2, Jan 23, 2019
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  3. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    other coin paintings I found on Bing...

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    spirityoda, Jan 24, 2019
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    spirityoda Coin Junky

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    spirityoda, Jan 24, 2019
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  5. Iosephus

    Iosephus Well-Known Member

    There's also a painting by Sandro Botticelli of a man holding a medal of Cosimo de Medici (in the Uffizi in Florence):
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    Iosephus, Jan 24, 2019
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  6. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    Whoa that medal!
     
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