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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;YOC, post: 1859882, member: 58941&quot;]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.</p><p>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!&nbsp; I know its not an accurate depiction of the original tetradrachm, but boy its a biggun and as I say....a bit of fun!</p><p>The original is a </p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1997.9.120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1997.9.120" rel="nofollow">Silver Tetradrachm, Leontini, 455 BC - 450 BC. 1997.9.120</a></p><p>Obverse horse quadriga to r.; above small Nike to l. crowning charioteer; lion in exergue</p><p>Reverse Head of Apollo to r. (Demareteion type) around three olive leaves and a lion.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]312410[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]312412[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]312411[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]312413[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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