429, Lot: 407. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANCIENT THEMES, Roman Republican. G. Iulius Caesar. 100-44 BC. Æ Medal (32mm, 13.49 g, 12h). Roman Series: Caesar–Dictator for Life. By J. Dassier. Dated 707 AUC (47 BC) [issued mid-18th century]. I · CESAR ·, laureate head right / CÆSAR/ DICTATEUR/ PERPETUEL ·/ A. R. 707 in four lines. Catenacci pp. 104-5. Choice EF, brown surfaces.

From the DMS Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 931927 (August 2012).

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.