Roman Republican. Æ Medal (32mm, 14.50 g, 12h). Roman Series: The Twelve Tables/The Suicide of Verginia. By J. Dassier and sons. Dually-dated 303 and 305 AUC (451 and 449 BC)
[issued mid-18th century]. Scene of the Decemviri drafting the Twelve Tables; LES XII · TABLES ·/ A · R · 303 · in exergue / Scene of the suicide of Verginia; L’HONNEUR PREFERE/ A LA VIE ·/ A R 305 in exergue. Catenacci pp. 24-25. EF, brown surfaces with underlying red, spot on obverse.
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.
