363, Lot: 466. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ROMAN REPUBLICAN. C. Marius. 157-86 BC. Æ Medal (32mm, 10.78 g, 12h). Roman Series: The Conquest of the Cimbri. By J. Dassier and sons. Dated 651 AUC (103 BC) [issued mid-18th century]. C · MARIUS, bare head left / Victory standing facing, head left, holding olive branch and aquila; to left, defeated soldier bowing right; arms to right; in two lines in exergue, DEFAITE DES CIMBRES/A. R. 651. Catenacci pp. 82-3. VF, rough surfaces with off-color metal on obverse.

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.