379, Lot: 574. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY. Gaius Marius (157-68 BC). Æ Medal (28mm, 12.18 g, 12h). By Valerio Belli, circa 1520s-1530s(?). Head of Marius left / DEVICTO CAPTOQ IVGVRTHA (“Jugurtha conquered and captured”), Jugurtha, nude but for cloak, seated on cuirass, his head bowed and his wrists bound behind his back; to right, arms, Victory on column, and tree. Attwood 368. VF. Cast.
From the RBW Collection. Ex Kunst und Münzen 61 (October 1987), no. 14.