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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3636539, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you all for your generous and thought-provoking responses.&nbsp; It&#039;d be great if mine were a light-weight ancient copy, but the reason I&#039;m thinking a Cavino Paduan (or copy thereof) are the numerous examples I&#039;ve found that look an awful lot like mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one from CNG: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]975915[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This sure looks a lot like mine.&nbsp; In fact, in terms of artistry, especially in the portrait, it looks better than a lot of the ancients of this type I looked at - but in a Renaissance sort of way, if you know what I mean.&nbsp; If you are going to bother making a Paduan, you take some care with the dies.&nbsp; The Romans were banging them out for commerce and sometimes the celators were part of the B-Team, or apprentices. </p><p><br /></p><p>But the non-round aspect of mine and the very convincing ancient-like surfaces are kind of a mystery.&nbsp; Somebody might&#039;ve taken a lot of trouble trying to make it look ancient?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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