Roman medallions

Medallions are the highest quality products of Roman coinage. They were produced in the state mint in Rome and were not used for monetary transactions. They differ from regular coins primarily in their higher weight and larger diameter. Sometimes they were also provided with a profiled edge, so that their weight could be well over 100 grams. They probably served as gifts from the emperor to a select circle of recipients.

Gallery

Roma, Museo Nazionale 102089

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale FG 11

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale FG 213

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale FG 311

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale FG 73

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale FG 347

Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum RÖ 32184

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale 1967-442

Köln, Römisch Germanisches Museum N 14938

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale FG 30

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Bibliography

Curtis Clay, Roman Imperial Medallions. The Date and Purpose of their Issue, in: Herbert A. Cahn and Georges Le Rider (edd.), Proceedings of the 8th international congress of Numismatics New York-Washington, September 1973, Paris/Basel 1976, 253–265
Francesco Gnecchi, I medaglioni romani, Milano 1912
Peter Franz Mittag, Römische Medaillons. Caesar bis Hadrian, second revised edition Stuttgart 2012
Peter Franz Mittag, Römische Medaillons. Band II. Antoninus Pius, Stuttgart 2019
Peter Franz Mittag, Römische Medaillons. Band III. Marcus Aurelius und Lucius Verus, Stuttgart 2024
Kathrin Siegl, Die Medaillonprägung des Kaisers Commodus (177–192 n. Chr.), unpublished dissertation Wien 2018
Jocelyn Toynbee, Roman Medallions, New York 1944, reprint New York 1986

Links

OCRE = Online catalogue of RIC
Interactive catalogue of public collections in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: ikmk.net

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