Olympic medals displayed the Colosseum from Rome.
== History ==The first known instance of a medal being awarded comes from the historian Josephus who, writing long after the event, accounts that in the second century BCE, the High Priest Jonathan led the Hebrews in aid of Alexander Balas, and that in return for this, Alexander "
Bronze has been the most common material used to create medals, due to its fair price range, durability, ease with which to work when casting, and the ample availability

