International Olympic Committee badge issued for the Rome 1960 Summer Olympics. Minted by Stabilimenti Artistici Fiorentini, 30 gm, 38 mm x 48 mm, featuring a bronze-colored bezel with an inset medallion depicting Romulus and Remus with the Capitoline Wolf, and Olympic rings below. The white enameled panel at the bottom is lettered in gold, "C.I.O." Reverse of panel stamped, "Stab. Artistici Fiorentini, Firenze." There were 78 of these badges issued at the 1960 Summer Olympics, a remarkably low number given that over 12,000 badges of 66 different types were distributed.
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