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Lot nuber 570

ANCIENT THEMES, Roman Republican. The Twelve Tablets of the Law / Death of Verginia. AR Medal (32mm, 9.92 g, 12h). By Jean Dassier & sons, 1740-1750.


Electronic Auction 473
Lot: 570.
 Estimated: $ 100

World Medals, Silver

Sold For $ 275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ANCIENT THEMES, Roman Republican. The Twelve Tablets of the Law / Death of Verginia. AR Medal (32mm, 9.92 g, 12h). By Jean Dassier & sons, 1740-1750. The Twelve Tablets of the Law: magistrate reading a legal tablet to senators; date year 303 (451 BC) in exergue / Death of Virginia (“Honor Before Life”): the decemvir Appius Claudius seated on raised platform, looking toward Verginius seizing Verginia, about to take her life with a dagger; dated year 305 (449 BC) in exergue. Eisler 11a; Catenacci pp. 25-26. Toned. EF.

Ex Crown Collection; RBW Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 364, 2 December 2015), lot 379, purchased from Leu, July 1992.


Closing Date and Time: 29 July 2020 at 13:09:40 ET.

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