SWITZERLAND Medal ca. 1740-1750 Geneva. Hannibal Before the Gates of Rome / Assistance for Spain by J. Dassier XF+

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1740-1750, Switzerland. Geneva. "Hannibal Before the Gates of Rome / Assistance for Spain" by J. Dassier. Bronze Medal.


Mint Year: ca. 1740-1750
Medallist: J. Dassier & Sons
References: Eisler 29a, Catenacci pp. 60-1.
Condition: Minor deposits digs, otherwise XF+
Hannibal Before the Gates of Rome / Asistace for Spain.
Denomination: Medal - "The Roman Republic" Series No. 29 (out of 60):
Material: Bronze
Weight: 14.34gm
Diameter: 32mm



Obverse: Cavalry led by Hannibal approaching the fortified City of Rome. Roman date (AR 541 = 231 BC) in exrgue.
Exergue: ANNIBAL AUX PORTES / DE ROME . / A . 4 . 541 .

Reverse: The Roman Army led by mounted troops and followed by the infantry going out of the City of Rome on the way to Assistance of Spain. Roman date (AR 541 = 231 BC) in exrgue.
Exergue: ESPAGNE SCOURUE / A . R . 541 .





Hannibal (aʿl; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the Mediterranean Basin, triggered by the emergence of the Roman Republic as a great power with its defeat of Carthage in the First Punic War. Revanchism prevailed in Carthage, symbolized by the pledge that Hannibal made to his father to "never be a friend of Rome".

Hannibal caused great distress to many in Roman society. He became such a figure of terror that whenever disaster threatened, Romans would exclaim "Hannibal ad portas" ("Hannibal is at the gates!") to emphasize the gravity of the emergency, a phrase still used in modern languages.

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