381, Lot: 569. Estimate $75. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SWITZERLAND. Caesar’s Boat in a Storm / Caesar Escapes at the Port of Alexandria. Æ Medal (32mm, 12.14 g, 12h). By Jean Dassier & sons, 1740-1750. Caesar’s Boat in a Storm off the Italian Coast (“Caesar and His Fortune”): Caesar, in the stern of a small boat tossed by waves, encourages his oarsman; dated year 706 (48 BC) in exergue / Caesar Escapes His Enemies by Swimming in the Port of Alexandria (“Intrepidness of Caesar”): Caesar swimming towards the bow of a ship, holding his papers aloft, while his enemies amassed on the shore fire arrows at him; Pharos of Alexandria in background; dated year 706 (48 BC) in exergue. Eisler 49b; Catenacci pp. 102-3. EF, minor flaw in reverse field.

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

The last example of this interesting type, albeit in silver, hammered at $850 (see CNG E-364, lot 417).