Italian Cast Bronze Large Ancient Coin Paperweight brown and red I purchased it at an

I purchased it at an estate sale in Waltham

7 3/4" tall x 10 1/4" wide

or for cheering up oneself

This is a third printing 1940 copy

the other I think a bat (a little cat-like too)

Italian Cast Bronze Large Ancient Coin Paperweight brown and red I purchased it at anThis interesting cast bronze object, which I think I'd use as a paperweight, is based on a very ancient (c. 275 B. C) coin from Hatria (now Atri in the Abruzzo region of Italy and thus the HAT on one side), perhaps originally an Etruscan colony, then Roman, which sold for about 50K at auction in 2016. It features the head of Silenus (a drinking companion of Bacchus) on one side, and a sleeping dog on the other. I'd guess this oversized reproduction