A Further Selection of Dassier’s Roman Series
Roman Regnal. Romulus. [King of Rome, 753-716 BC]. Æ Medal (31mm, 15.85 g, 12h). Roman Series: The Foundation of Rome. By J. Dassier and sons. Dated 1 AUC (753 BC)
[issued mid-18th century]. ROMULUS, bare head left / Romulus (as Founder), plowing field left; in three lines in exergue, FONDATION/DE ROME/A R I. Catenacci pp. 4-5. VF.
Jean Dassier’s series of medals illustrating Roman history consisted of 61 pieces, covering important individuals and events throughout Rome’s early history, from the city’s founding by Romulus, the rape of the Sabine women, and the rule of Numa Pompilius, to the fall of the Republic with the murder of Caesar, the second triumvirate, and rise of Augustus.
