Artefacts

Rome 1960, commemorative medal.

Physical description

Obverse: torchbearer between the Arch of Constatine and the Parthenon. Caption: "ROMA". Signature: GIAMP. INC. Z900 - R. SIGNORINI. Reverse: Games' emblem and caption: "GIOCHI DELLA XVII OLIMPIADE ; S.P.Q.R". Edge: "MMDCCXXXVI AB IN. OLYMPIIS - MMDCCXIII AB UC. MCMLX A CH. N.".

Created

Created: Renato SIGNORINI (29.08.1902)

Materials

gold

Colors

gold

Dimension

ø 6 x 0.3 cm, 106 g

Literature

Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad (Ed.). The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960: the official report of the Organizing Committee. Roma : Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad, 1963. Mario CAPUANO. Lo Collezione "Roma '60". [s.l.]: Unione Italiana Collezionisti Olimpici e Sportivi, s.d.

Type of item

Medals -> commemorative medal

Reference number

4413

Keywords

Rome 1960, Olympic Games Rome monument Olympic flame emblem