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982193. Sold For $165

Roman Republican. Æ Medal (32mm, 13.04 g, 12h). Roman Series: Victory in Asia/Rome Over Kings. By J. Dassier and sons. Dually-dated 563 and 584 AUC (191 and 170 BC) [issued mid-18th century]. Roma standing beside reclining figure of Asia; L’ASIE VANCUE/ A · R · 563 · in exergue / Roman delegation drawing circle around eastern king; ROME AU DESSUS/ DES ROIS ·/ A· R · 584 · in exergue. Catenacci pp. 72-73. EF, brown surfaces with underlying red.


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.