golden medallion, 80.5o grams, valentinianus I

Yep, two hours of my work day have already vanished.

 

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l did..top class coins..selected by man with a taste..

 

ha ha l wish..

 

Wow! Those hurt just to look at.

 

it seems to have been made for very very important person..

 

I have always wondered about the details of the medallion issues. How many examples were struck? Making the dies would be a lot of work but worth it if you were making a thousand or a hundred but what would be the use of a hundred 20 solidus pieces? I assume they were distributed to senior officials and melted down by their heirs but that does not explain all the bronze medallions with no great melt value.