HOMER - The European Medal of Poetry and Art is a medal awarded to outstanding creators in the world of literature. The medal was established in Brussels, Belgium, in 2016. The jury awards artists who
Obverse of the medal.
Reverse of the medal
Hassanal Abdullah, Jarosław Pijarowski & Stanley H. Barkan. S H Barkan receives HOMER - The European Medal of Poetry and Art in New York City (2017).
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The obverse and reverse are the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed f
Roman Imperial coin of Tranquillina, struck c. 241, with her portrait on the obverse and her marriage to Gordian III depicted on the reverse in smaller scale; the coin exhibits the obverse – "head", and reverse – "tail" – a convention that still dominates much coinage today. Legends: SABINIA TRANQVILLINA AVG / CONCORDIA AVGG.
A Roman imperial coin of Marcus Claudius Tacitus, who ruled briefly from 275 to 276, follows the convention of obverse and reverse coin traditions. Legend: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG / VICTORIA GOTTHI
On this tetradrachm of Athens, struck in the mid 5th century BC, the head of Athena is regarded as the obverse because of its larger scale and portrait; the entire owl is depicted in a smaller scale on the reverse. Legend: ΑΘΕ[ΝΑΙOΝ], ie "of Athenians".
Obverse of the tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, intended to be seen as a deity, wearing the attributes of the hero Heracles. Struck in 325 BC.