Roman Republican. Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus. Circa 229-160 BC. Æ Medal (32mm, 16.19 g, 12h). Roman Series: The Sons of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus in Athens/Victory Over Perseus. By J. Dassier and sons. Dually-dated 584 and 585 AUC (170 and 169 BC)
[issued mid-18th century]. The sons of Aemilius in Athens; LES FILS DE PAUL EMILE/ A ATHENES ·/ A · R · 584 · in exergue / Triumphal procession; PAUL EMILE TROPMHE/ DE PERSEE ·/ A R 585 in exergue. Catenacci pp. 76-77. 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.
