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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3501838, member: 99456"]I picked up, on EBay, this plaster 5.5x4.5cm Grand Tour souvenir. Other than what you can find in the wikipedia, I know little about this cameo (with a "30" scratched on the back) or about the 17th and 18th century tradition of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour" rel="nofollow">Grand Tours</a>. With this post, perhaps the CT community can fill in some blanks or <b>name that Roman</b>. I was attracted to the sharp portrait (a draped and curaissed bust, not unlike what we find on Roman Imperial coins), the patina of age, and the price was right. </p><p><br /></p><p>A <a href="http://atynerantiques.blogspot.com/2015/10/intaglios-memories-of-grand-tour-of.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://atynerantiques.blogspot.com/2015/10/intaglios-memories-of-grand-tour-of.html" rel="nofollow">Grand Tour</a> was a tradition of European travel for continuing education of the new graduate, and the small plaster souvenirs were a way of documenting the travels in an era when photographs, and facebook posts had not yet been imagined. These could be mounted with notes in books as a record of travels and sights. </p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]927755[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought maybe a portrait of Caligula? I don't have a coin of Caligula, but it also reminded me of this As of Claudius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]927757[/ATTACH]Æ As of <b>Claudius</b>, AD 41-54</p><p><b>Mint: </b>Rome Struck AD 41-43</p><p><b>Obv: </b>TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AV[G P M TR P IMP PP] Bare head left</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield, between S - C</p><p><b>Size: </b>9.04g 26.1mm</p><p><b>Ref: </b>RCV 1861-1862</p><p><br /></p><p>Share anything related to Grand Tour souvenirs, the identity of the unknown Roman above, or coins (as this is CoinTalk).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3501838, member: 99456"]I picked up, on EBay, this plaster 5.5x4.5cm Grand Tour souvenir. Other than what you can find in the wikipedia, I know little about this cameo (with a "30" scratched on the back) or about the 17th and 18th century tradition of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour']Grand Tours[/URL]. With this post, perhaps the CT community can fill in some blanks or [B]name that Roman[/B]. I was attracted to the sharp portrait (a draped and curaissed bust, not unlike what we find on Roman Imperial coins), the patina of age, and the price was right. A [URL='http://atynerantiques.blogspot.com/2015/10/intaglios-memories-of-grand-tour-of.html']Grand Tour[/URL] was a tradition of European travel for continuing education of the new graduate, and the small plaster souvenirs were a way of documenting the travels in an era when photographs, and facebook posts had not yet been imagined. These could be mounted with notes in books as a record of travels and sights. [ATTACH=full]927755[/ATTACH] I thought maybe a portrait of Caligula? I don't have a coin of Caligula, but it also reminded me of this As of Claudius: [ATTACH=full]927757[/ATTACH]Æ As of [B]Claudius[/B], AD 41-54 [B]Mint: [/B]Rome Struck AD 41-43 [B]Obv: [/B]TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AV[G P M TR P IMP PP] Bare head left [B]Rev: [/B]Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding shield, between S - C [B]Size: [/B]9.04g 26.1mm [B]Ref: [/B]RCV 1861-1862 Share anything related to Grand Tour souvenirs, the identity of the unknown Roman above, or coins (as this is CoinTalk).[/QUOTE]
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