364, Lot: 397. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND. Hannibal Before the Gates of Rome / The Roman Army Departs for Spain. AR Medal (32mm, 9.84 g, 12h). By Jean Dassier & sons, 1740-1750. Hannibal Before the Gates of Rome: Hannibal and his officers on horseback at right, approaching the city gates; dated year 541 (213 BC) in exergue / The Roman Army Departs for Spain (“Assistance for Spain”): mounted troops at he head of a long procession stretching back to the city gates; dated year 541 (213 BC) in exergue. Eisler 29a; Catenacci pp. 60-1. EF, toned.

From the RBW Collection, purchased from Leu, July 1992.