Roman Republican. M. Atilius Regulus. Circa 307-250 BC. Æ Medal (32mm, 15.18 g, 12h). Roman Series: The Virtue of Regulus. By J. Dassier and sons. Dated 502 AUC (252 BC)
[issued mid-18th century]. REGULUS, bare head right / Regulus pleading before the senate; in two lines in exergue, VERTU DE REGULUS/A. R. 502. Catenacci pp. 48-9. Near EF, brown surfaces, die cracks on the reverse.
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.
