378, Lot: 702. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SWITZERLAND. Oath of Brutus / Liberation of Rome under the Consuls. AR Medal (32mm, 9.6012 g, 12h). By Jean Dassier & sons, 1740-1750. Oath of Brutus: Lucius Junus Brutus at the deathbed of Lucretia, raising dagger used by Lucretia in her suicide and vowing to avenge her death; dated year 244 (510 BC) in exergue / Allegory of the Libertion of Rome under the Consuls: Liberty driving Tarquin king and companions from the gates of Rome; dated year 244 (510 BC) in exergue. Eisler 5a; Catenacci pp. 12-13. EF, toned.
From the RBW Collection. Ex Emporium Hamburg 23 (16 December 1991), lot 1531.