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982201. Sold For $165

Roman Republican. Gaius Fabricius Luscinus Monocularis. fl. Early 3rd century BC. Æ Medal (32mm, 14.54 g, 12h). Roman Series: The Bribery of Pyrrhus/The Loyalty of Fabrizio. By J. Dassier and sons. Dually-dated 472 and 474 AUC (282 and 280 BC) [issued mid-18th century]. Fabricius meeting with King Pyrrhus of Epirus; DISINTERESSEMENT/ DE FABRICIUS · / A · R · 472 · in exergue / Fabricius returns to the Roman camp with terms of peace; BONNE FOI DE/ FABRICIUS ·/ A · R · 474 · in exergue. Catenacci pp. 42-43. EF, 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.