History of medals: From antiquity to Paris 2024 Olympic Games

ABU DHABI, 25th July, 2024 (WAM) -- Medals, as objects of art, date back to antiquity and are closely linked to the history of currency. From the beginning, portrait medals followed strict rules: they often depicted the profile of a figure on one side and a symbolic representation of their personality or achievements on the other.

Roman Antiquity and the Middle Ages

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