Portrait medal of Dido, Queen of Carthage (obverse); A View of Carthage (reverse), ca. 1550, Bronze (Copper alloy with light brown, Diam. 4.2 cm, wt. 33.95 g., Medals, Alessandro Cesati (Italian, born Cyprus, active 1538–64), This medal belongs to a series depicting famous figures from antiquity. Queen of Carthage in North Africa, Dido is best known as a heroine of the Aeneid, the epic poem written by the Roman poet Virgil in the first century b
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Portrait medal, Dido, Queen, Carthage, obverse, View, reverse, ca, 1550, Bronze, Copper alloy, light brown, Diam, 4.2 cm, wt, 33.95 g, Medals, Alessandro Cesati, Italian, born Cyprus, active, 1538–64, medal, belongs, series depicting, famous, figures, antiquity, North Africa, best, heroine, Aeneid, epic poem, written, Roman poet, Virgil, first century, b
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