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What do you make of this interesting medal I just got?

lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
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It came in a cheap swap today. My swap partner said he'd "make me happy", and he did. I just sent two cheap coin holders and he sent a bunch of coins AND this piece. I feel like I robbed him.

This thing is not in the best condition, but it's a neat design. Seems to be a soft white metal (lead? pewter?) under a copper coating.

Looks 19th century to me. It's heavy and really thick. (Scanned with USA cent for scale).

The inscription on the obverse (or what I am assuming to be the obverse) has the Roman numerals "LIV.III." at the top, with "IUNON EN VIEILLE" at the top of the monument and "OVID. / ...NASO" on the medallion being held by the seated figure.

The reverse merely has " . VII . " in the exergue.


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(edited to correct my typos in the obverse legend.)

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I thought "Vielle" might be some place in France, but Wikipedia says it is a stringed medieval instrument, similar to a violin. Hmm.

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  • savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,296 ✭✭✭✭
    i'm going to guess that Vielle might also be a city or township name....just a guess


    and that medal is awesome Rob! was this swap with a forum member? i've always thought we have the most generous traders on here (a nice break from that big name auction site image )

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  • worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭
    I think you got the better end of that deal. Neat piece.
  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    Neat medal LM!
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  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You've mixed up the "obverse" legend a bit - it says "IUNON EN VIEILLE", which I think translates as "Juno as an old woman".

    Publius Ovidius Naso, the guy on the "coin", is better known to us as the Roman poet Ovid. The abbreviations numbers are presumably references to his surviving books.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, I mistyped BOTH "IUNON" and "VIEILLE". I was tired and close to my bedtime. image

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  • newbiecollectornewbiecollector Posts: 2,992
    I think you got a nice one Rob!

    I like it a lot
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It was basically a freebie.

    Can't ask for a much better price than that.

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  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    Well, it's an interesting medal and the price is right, but it doesn't really make me go nuts like a 3 inch architectural medal would.

    I cannot escape this one thought I have about it. You're probably not going to like it; hopefully you will see the humor...

    It should probably not end up in the hands of a YN. I've heard that younger folks are more susceptible to lead poisoning.

    What is that the reclining figure is holding on the obverse? A giant coin?
  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    Personally I think it's way cool! Love the huge "coin" being held.

    If you decide to sell it, I call dibbs! image
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  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    Got the piece from LordM over the weekend (thanks for the freebies!). It really is a neat little oddball medallion.
    The reason for the double thickness appears to be because it's actually 2 pieces sandwiched together. I initially
    thought the line running thought the rim was a casting line, but it's incuse.

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  • coachleonardcoachleonard Posts: 995 ✭
    looks very very much stylewise, like a french medalet i once had honoring Cardinal Renaud (somebody like that) and the date on the other side was "M. 1694"..but i never did find out if that date was just marking when he died or if it was actually made in 1694
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, it looks better in your pictures.

    'Tis a pity that wasn't in better condition, but oh, well, I still thought it was neat.

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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    It's got a cool lion on it, I think it's collectableimage
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