378, Lot: 709. Estimate $75. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND. Duillius’ Victory at Myle / Rostral Column of Duillius. Æ Medal (32mm, 13.15 g, 12h). By Jean Dassier & sons, 1740-1750. Duillius’ Victory at Myle (“First Punic War”): naval battle between the Romans and Carthaginians; in the foreground, Roman soldiers board a Carthaginian vessel; dated 492 (262 BC) in exergue / Rostral Column of Duillius (“For the Maritime Empire”): rostral column with oars, battle standards, and a ram stands before sea. Eisler 21b; Catenacci pp. 46-7. EF.

From the RBW Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, 11 December 1992.