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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 6383889, member: 19463"]There is some disagreement on the proper use of 'Paduan'. The term is properly used to a group of Renaissance medals and especially those linked to Giovanni da Cavino and the town of Padua. There is a catalog of these by Lawrence. Almost all we see are casts made from the originals or from earlier casts (after-casts) which vary in quality from works of art on their own to rubbish. In addition to the types that are in the book, we see other idealized copies of Roman originals made for collectors long ago when it was considered good to have a new, updated and improved item rather than a blank place in the collection. These, too, vary from better than most originals to rubbish. Below is a 'Paduan' after-cast of Lawrence 69 (Septimius Severus)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252736[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>and a not-in-catalog copy for the person who could not have an ancient Pertinax Consecratio sestertius. I consider it better to reserve the term Paduan for types in Lawrence. Both sell in the market as better than 'fakes' but nowhere near the level of an original Cavino era Paduan. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252740[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 6383889, member: 19463"]There is some disagreement on the proper use of 'Paduan'. The term is properly used to a group of Renaissance medals and especially those linked to Giovanni da Cavino and the town of Padua. There is a catalog of these by Lawrence. Almost all we see are casts made from the originals or from earlier casts (after-casts) which vary in quality from works of art on their own to rubbish. In addition to the types that are in the book, we see other idealized copies of Roman originals made for collectors long ago when it was considered good to have a new, updated and improved item rather than a blank place in the collection. These, too, vary from better than most originals to rubbish. Below is a 'Paduan' after-cast of Lawrence 69 (Septimius Severus) [ATTACH=full]1252736[/ATTACH] and a not-in-catalog copy for the person who could not have an ancient Pertinax Consecratio sestertius. I consider it better to reserve the term Paduan for types in Lawrence. Both sell in the market as better than 'fakes' but nowhere near the level of an original Cavino era Paduan. [ATTACH=full]1252740[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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