From Dassier's Roman Series

344, Lot: 644. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HISTORICAL MEDALS. T. Livius Patavinus (Livy) and G. Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), historians. 59 BC-AD 17 and 86-circa 35 BC, respectively. Æ Medal (32mm, 12.05 g, 12h). Roman Series: The Historians Livy and Sallust. By J. Dassier. Issued mid-18th century. TITE LIVE•, draped bust of Livy right / SALLUSTE•, draped bust of Sallust left. Catenacci pp. 118-9. Good VF.

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 abduction 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.