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Medal in Brass of Pompee [Pompey]

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

October 18, 1815

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 78

Notes:

This medal by Dassier & sons, 1740-1750, depicts the head of Roman general and statesman Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (106-48 BCE), known as Pompey or Pompey the Great (obverse) and the Cilician pirates submitting to Pompey (reverse).