Token or medallion? need an id please.

[prolab69]

A friend is curious about a gift she recieved, this was found on a beach (i forget where exactly) and then given to her as a momento or token of gratitude.
Has anyone seen this before? ...its just a little bigger and thicker than a quarter.
thanks in advance,
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[prolab69]

Wow, You guys did great. Gypsy thats some very good info, thank you.
yeah I guess it would be hard to pinpoint a date, but im sure she will be very happy with everyones info
on it.

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[Tnewell77]

I have got the same medallion or whatever.... i cannot find any info about it at all

 

[Nature's Child]

I have the same medallion, I found it when I was very young and have held onto it for all these years (I'm now 54 years old). I've had trouble finding info on it as well, but here are a couple links:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/94260068/crown-of-the-magi-coin-ancient-persian?show_sold_out_detail=1

https://mysteryoftheiniquity.com/2012/06/22/return-of-the-magi/

I'm still looking for information on the actual medallion, but it's not easy. I'll try to update you if I find anything else.

 

[HuntinDog]

Nature's Child,
This thread is 6 years old.
The chances of the OP seeing this are slim.
It would be best for you to start a new thread about your medallion and see if anything has surfaced in the last 6 years.

Cool medallion non the less...

 

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[Plug N Play]

(old post)

Crown of the Magi Pendant

 

[RealDealBillMcNeal]

I found one of these medallions, along with several others from what I believe were the same series (the "abraxas" medallion and another I don't remember well) in one of my parent's junk drawers back in the 1980's. I later lost it and every few decade or two I dig through google trying to find the source.

The symbology was covered above so I won't add to that. The best info I've found as to their provenance is that a similar but not precisely identical set of medallions was put out by "Panorama" magazine in Italy ca. 1972:

At that point Time-Life owned Panorama. My *guess* given how these medallions keep popping up, rarely, is that they were probably replicas of some type put out by time-life sometime in the early 1970s.

edit: the "Abraxas" medallion that appears to be from the same set, shares an inscription ("I AW A BPACA") with an item from the british museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1986-0501-149


So probably some sort of replica set based on actual ancient amulets. Maybe a museum gift shop type thing?


2nd edit: found the set: