379, Lot: 584. Estimate $75. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SWITZERLAND. Hannibal / Hannibal Crosses the Alps. Æ Medal (32mm, 12.58 g, 12h). By Jean Dassier & sons, 1740-1750. Helmeted bust of Hannibal left, with large shield decorated with a running horse / Hannibal Crosses the Alps: Hannibal’s forces traverse the Alps; in distance, flames and smoke from the fires employed to clear the route; dated year 534 (217 BC) in exergue. Eisler 25b; Catenaccipp. 52-3. EF.
From the RBW Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, 11 December 1992.