Italian Cast Bronze Large Ancient Coin Paperweight brown and red I can't imagine a child--or

I can't imagine a child--or an adult

with one noticeable ding (indent) along the corner edge of one face and a bit of tearing at the corners of the lid

or for cheering up oneself

There is loss to the brass finish in a few spots--on one side of his tiny head and a couple of spots on the tail (shot at magnification)

making it feel massive despite its diminutive size

Italian Cast Bronze Large Ancient Coin Paperweight brown and red I can't imagine a child--orThis 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