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982196. Sold For $165

Roman Republican. M. Furius Camillus. Circa 446-365 BC. Æ Medal (32mm, 13.81 g, 12h). Roman Series: The Freeing of Rome from the Gauls. By J. Dassier and sons. Dated 365 AUC (389 BC) [issued mid-18th century]. M · FURIUS CAMILLUS, helmeted head left / Camillus weighing arms and bags of gold on scale; in three lines in exergue, ROME DELIVREE/DES GAULOIS/A. R. 365. Catenacci pp. 28-9. EF, red-brown surfaces.


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.