The Medals of Jean Dassier & Son

Roman Series 1740-1743

60 medals in total

all prices in Canadian Dollars

STATUS	DESCRIPTION	GRADE	PRICE	PHOTO
	Numa Pomilius. bust of Pompilius facing right. Leg: NUMA POMPILIUS I. DASSIER ET FILS. Rev. Pompilius addressing the people of Rome. Exergue: NUMA DONNE DES LOIX ROMAINS. A.R. 39 (Numa establishes Roman State Religion and Law: 715 BC). Numa Pompilius was the second of the seven kings who, according to Roman tradition, ruled Rome before the founding of the Republic. He succeeded Romulus and is said to have formulated the religious calendar and founded Rome's early religious institutions. bronze. 31mm.	AU with noteworthy die break on obverse	$75
	Cato Censorinus. bust of Cato in toga facing right. Leg: CATON LE CENSEUR. I. DASSIER ET FILS. (Cato the Censor by Jean Dassier and son). Rev. Cato seated with advisors reading books and scrolls. Exergue: CREATION DES CENSEURS A.R. 310. (Creation of the censors: 44BC). Cato Censorinus was a Roman statesman, orator and the first Latin prose writer of importance. He fought in the Second Punic War and was later elected consul with Flaccus. bronze. 31mm.	Unc	$75
	Regulus. bust of Regulus facing right. Leg: I. DASSIER ET FILS (Regulus by Jean Dassier and son). Rev. Regulus seated and listening to a petitioner, surrounded by senators and Praetors. Exergue: VERTU DE REGULUS. A.R. 502. (Virtue of Regulus: 252 BC). A Roman general and statesman, Regulus served as consul in 267 and 256 BC. During the first Punic War, he and Lucius Manlius Vulso defeated the Carthaginian fleet and landed an army in Africa. Vulso was then recalled, leaving Regulus to finish the war. Regulus defeated the enemy at Adys, near Carthage. bronze. 31mm.	Unc.	$75
	Marcellus. bust of Marcellus facing right. Leg: M. CLAUD. MARCELLUS. (M. Claudius Marcellus). Rev. Marcellus seated, two Sicillian men kneeling before him, surrounded by Praetors, lawyers and senators. Exergue: MARCELLUS PARDONNE AUX SICILIENS: 212 BC). M. Claudius Marcellus was the first Roman general to successfully encounter Hannibal during the Second Punic War. He later went to Sicily, where at the siege of Syracuse, he ordered that no Syracusan be put to death. bronze. 31mm.	AU	$75
	Sylla. bust of Sylla in armour facing left. Leg: SYLLA I.D. ET F. (Sylla by Jean Dassier and son). Rev. Sylla standing on a dais addressing the people of Rome in the city square. Sylla's supporters to the right. Exergue: ABDICATION DE SYLLA. A.R. 673. (Abdication of Sylla: 81 BC). Sylla was the victor in the first full-scale war in Roman history (88-82 BC) and he subsequently became dictator. He carried out notable constitutional reforms in an attempt to strengthen the Roman Republic during the last century of its existence. bronze. 31mm.	Unc	$75
	Cicero. bust of Cicero facing right. Leg: M. TULL. CICERO (Marcus Tullius Cicero). Rev. Caesar seated in the senate debating with Cicero, who is half-turned away from Caesar; senators seated in the background. Exergue: TRIOMPHE DE LELOQUENCE. A.R. 688. (Triumph of eloquence: 66 BC). Statesman, lawyer, scholar and writer who vainly tried to uphold republican principles in the final civil wars that destroyed the Republic of Rome. He is remembered in modern times as the greatest Roman orator and innovator of what became known as Ciceronian rhetoric. bronze. 31mm.	Unc	$75
	Death of Cato Uticensis. bust in toga facing right. Leg: CATON DUTIUE I.D. (Cato Uticensis by Jean Dassier). Rev. Cato dying on a bed with a canopy, wounds in his stomach, the book of Phaedo open on the bedside table, sword and poisoned vessel on the floor. Exergue: MORT DE CATON. A.R. 708. (death of Cato: 46 BC). Leader of the Optimates who tried to preserve the Republic against power seekers, particularly Julius Caesar. He committed suicide after his adherents were evacuated after their defeat. bronze. 31mm.	AU	$75
	Poets of the Augustian Age I. bust of Marc Virilius (70-19 BC) in a toga, long hair and laureate, facing left. Leg: VIRGILE. (Virgil). Rev. bust of Quintus Horatius (65-9 BC) in toga with short hair. Leg: HORACE. (Quintus Horatius). bronze. 31mm.	Unc	$75