Roman Republican. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus. fl. Late 2nd century BC. Æ Medal (32mm, 14.16 g, 12h). Roman Series: The Sedition of the Gracchi/The War Against Jugurtha. By J. Dassier and sons. Dually-dated 619 and 647 AUC (135 and 107 BC)
[issued mid-18th century]. Roma standing over vanquished foe; SEDITION DES/ GRACCHES · A · R · 619 in exergue / Jugurtha in chains; IUGURTHA PUNI/ A · R · 647 · in exergue. Catenacci pp. 80-81. EF, red-brown surfaces, scratch 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.
