I have been buying a few historical medals recently as I have always admired them, and the fact they are so big strangely attracts me too. I bought this for a bit of fun yesterday......I am going to give it to my lad probably, or drill a large 80mm recess into his metal detecting wooden box and glue it in the lid. Its 270g and 80mm diameter! I know its not an accurate depiction of the original tetradrachm, but boy its a biggun and as I say....a bit of fun! The original is a Silver Tetradrachm, Leontini, 455 BC - 450 BC. 1997.9.120 Obverse horse quadriga to r.; above small Nike to l. crowning charioteer; lion in exergue Reverse Head of Apollo to r. (Demareteion type) around three olive leaves and a lion.
No, its bronze, but the pics look a bit silver dont they....? I think its neat too, just because its metal and chunky mainly!
Yeah the first pic definitely looks silver. The second I can see a bit of the bronze colour coming through.
