Mexico’s Winged Victory usually appears as a statue. This round takes her off the pedestal and puts her walking through Mexico City itself, worked in high relief across 3 grams of .999 fine silver with an antiqued finish. The small format keeps the price accessible while the depth of the strike carries the artwork.
Key Features:
- Purity and Weight: 3 grams of .999 fine silver
- Metal Type: Silver
- Obverse Design: Winged Victory striding through a domed cityscape beneath a sun face
- Reverse Design: Mexican coat of arms framed by a Greek key border
The obverse fills every part of the field. Victory advances toward the viewer, her wings spread behind her and a laurel crown extended in her raised left hand, hair loose and blowing back, gown falling in long folds to her bare feet. She walks among the domes, towers, and tiled rooftops of a colonial city that spreads to both edges of the round. Two snow-capped volcanoes rise behind the skyline, half hidden by banks of scrolled cloud. Above her, a smiling sun face with rays streaming outward sits at the center of the composition, with LIBERTAD arcing across the top in tall raised letters that break into the clouds.
The reverse centers the Mexican coat of arms in a recessed circular field. The eagle perches on a prickly pear cactus with wings raised, a serpent held in its beak and talon, above an oak and laurel wreath. Surrounding that, a broad band of Greek key fretwork runs in a continuous stepped pattern to the outer rim, with a fine dentilled border at the edge.
The antique finish sits dark in the recesses and stays bright on the raised surfaces, which gives the relief real contrast for a piece this size. High relief on a small planchet shows handling readily, so a capsule or flip is worth using for storage.
Detail this dense usually appears on rounds several times the weight and cost. Add the Libertad Comes to Life round to your cart today.