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Medal - 640th Anniversary of the Mexico City Foundation
| Location | Mexico |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts the legendary founding of Tenochtitlan, showing Aztec figures including a warrior chief and attendants in high relief, with an eagle perched on a cactus in the foreground and volcanic mountains in the background. The peripheral legend reads '640 ANIVERSARIO FUNDACION DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO' along the upper border. In the exergue, the word 'TENOCHTITLAN' appears above the dates '1323' and '1965'. |
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| Obverse lettering | 640 ANIVERSARIO FUNDACION DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO TENOCHTITLAN 1323 • 1965 |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a detailed high-relief reproduction of the Aztec Sun Stone (also known as the Aztec Calendar Stone), with the solar deity Tonatiuh at the center surrounded by concentric rings of calendrical glyphs, day signs, and cosmological symbols filling the entire field. |
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