Roman Republican. Æ Medal (32mm, 15.67 g, 12h). Roman Series: The Capture of Saguntum/The Second Punic War. By J. Dassier and sons. Dually-dated 534 and 535 AUC (220 and 219 BC)
[issued mid-18th century]. Personificaton of Saguntum falling before crumbling city walls; PRISE DE SAGUNTE ·/ A · R · 534 · in exergue / Delegation before the Senate; SECONDE GUERRE/ PUNIQUE ·/ A · R · 535. Catenacci pp. 50-51. EF, red-brown surfaces, spot on reverse, edge scrape.
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.
