"Aphrodite" by John Flanagan

Aphrodite 1932
SOM-6.1
Deep reddish brown with sea-green highlights
SOM-6.2
Glossy hematite red
SOM-6.3
Bright malachite green
SOM-6.4
Bright malachite green
SOM-6.5
Even blue-green with undercurrent of green bronze
SOM-6.7
Silver
SOM-6.8
Silver

This medal was chosen as the 6th issue of the prestigious Society of Medalists series. The obverse bears an elegant beauty, one hand toying with string of pearls; above, APHRODITE; in lower right, MCM (circled JF monogram) XXXII.

The reverse bears a relay runner passing the torch to another. In upper left, SWIFT RUN- / NERS; in exergue, JF © Sc.

Flanagan's career had peaked at this point and he reused older works for his medal. The obverse is based on a 1904 marble medallion which graced August Belmont's Knickerbocker Hotel in Manhattan. The reverse was originally created for a clock that was installed in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress in 1902.

The medal measures 73mm in diameter and was struck by the Medallic Art Company of New York. The reported mintage is 1,494 in bronze and 125 in silver. The bronzes exist in many patina variants and even the silvers exist in two variants: one from the original silver run in the 1970's and one from a telemarketing promotion in 1993.

References: Baxter 163, MACo 1930-001-006, Marqusee 155

SOM-6.1
Bronze
73.0mm (2.87in)
Deep reddish brown with sea-green highlights
THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS SIXTH ISSUE
MEDALLIC ART CO.N.Y.
SOM-6.2
Bronze
73.0mm (2.87in)
Glossy hematite red
THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS SIXTH ISSUE
MEDALLIC ART CO.N.Y.
SOM-6.3
Bronze
73.0mm (2.87in)
Bright malachite green
THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS SIXTH ISSUE
MEDALLIC ART CO.N.Y.
SOM-6.4
Bronze
73.0mm (2.87in)
Bright malachite green
THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS SIXTH ISSUE
MEDALLIC ART CO.N.Y. / BRONZE
SOM-6.5
Bronze
73.0mm (2.87in)
Even blue-green with undercurrent of green bronze
THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS SIXTH ISSUE
MEDALLIC ART CO.-DANBURY, CONN
SOM-6.6
Bronze
73.0mm (2.87in)
Golden bronze with brown patina in fields and brighter high points
THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS SIXTH ISSUE
MEDALLIC ART CO.N.Y.
SOM-6.7
Silver
73.0mm (2.87in)
SPECIAL ISSUE - SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS / (c) 1993 FINE SILVER - MEDALLIC ART COMPANY
SOM-6.8
Silver
73.0mm (2.87in)
THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS SIXTH ISSUE - ONE OF LIMITED ISSUE OF 700
MEDALLIC ART CO.N.Y. - .999+ PURE SILVER