Italian Cast Bronze Large Ancient Coin Paperweight cooking and serving dish it does not function as

it does not function as an eraser

but it works great as is

Such a pretty pair

black and grizzly bears

3" tall X 3 5/8" wide X 2" deep and in great shape

Italian Cast Bronze Large Ancient Coin Paperweight cooking and serving dish it does not function asThis 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