379, Lot: 586. Estimate $75. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SWITZERLAND. Hannibal Before the Gates of Rome / The Roman Army Departs for Spain. Æ Medal (32mm, 9.94 g, 12h). By Jean Dassier & sons, 1740-1750. Hannibal Before the Gates of Rome: Hannibal and his officers on horseback at right, approaching the city gates; dated year 541 (213 BC) in exergue / The Roman Army Departs for Spain (“Assistance for Spain”): mounted troops at he head of a long procession stretching back to the city gates; dated year 541 (213 BC) in exergue. Eisler 29b; Catenacci pp. 60-1. EF.
From the RBW Collection. Ex Kunst und Münzen FPL 64 (September 1990), no. M317 (part of).