Medal - Octavian, Antony and Lepidus - Partition of the Roman Empire ND

Reverse

The three famous Roman political and military figures, in a palace, debating around a table with a map of the empire on it. Caption to the exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PARTAGE DE L EMPIRE
A • R • 7 II •

Engraver: Jean Dassier

Edge

Full

Comment

Jean Dassier's series of medals illustrating Roman history consisted of 61 pieces, covering important individuals and events throughout Rome's early history, from the city's founding by Romulus, the rape of the Sabine women, and the rule of Numa Pompilius, to the fall of the Republic with the murder of Caesar, the second triumvirate, and rise of Augustus