Horse of Naples

harasha

I am including images of the original tags, which may be of some interest:

lordmarcovan

I could get interested in such pieces. It has a nice patina and rather ancient look to it.

I overlooked the fact that it was dated (16 _ 18) at first glance. Does that say 47 mm? It's a fair sized thing, then.

Was it terribly expensive, if you don't mind my asking, out of nothing but pure random curiosity?

harasha

The item is 47 mm. It is a restrike; probably late 17th, early 18th century (the tag says no later than 1700, I believe).
In my opinion, the price was reasonable; $150. If I was the hard bargaining type, I suspect that I could have got it for less, but not that much less.
I also suspect that the subject matter of the reverse, the rearing horse, increases the price because of its popularity.

lordmarcovan

It looks like there was a mount at the top at one time?

I guess that's to be expected, on medals like this.

I like how the coppery color (brassy, really) shows underneath that almost black patina. Sometimes having exposed metal in areas where a patina was disturbed is not a good thing, but in this case it "works" and I like the look.