456, Lot: 632. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANCIENT THEMES, Roman Republican. AR Medal (32mm, 9.96 g, 12h). Roman Series: Law of The Twelve Tables / The Death of Verginia. Unsigned, but by J. Dassier. Dated 303/305 A.R [AUC] (451/449 BC) [
issued mid-18th century]. Magistrate reading the Law of The Twelve Tables in the Senate; LES XII · TABLES · /A · R · 303 · in three lines in exergue / The honor killing of Verginia by her brother in the Forum; LHONNEUR PREFERE/A LA VIE ·/A · R · 305 · in three lines in exergue. Eisler 11a. Toned. Near EF.
Purchased from Pegasi Numismatics, 1999.