364, Lot: 408. Estimate $75. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SWITZERLAND. Marius / The Defeat of the Cimbri. Æ Medal (32mm, 12.06 g, 12h). By Jean Dassier & sons, 1740-1750. Head of Marius left / Allegory of the Defeat of the Cimbri: Victory, holding palm frond and staff surmounted by eagle, stands over arms of defeated soldier, who crouches at left; dated year 651 (103 BC) in exergue. Eisler 40b; Catenacci pp. 82-3. EF, tiny stain in obverse field.
From the RBW Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, November 1991.