The latest in Precious Metal Collector’s copious line-up of fine art coins is now available to order, and this time it’s a 1799 work by Jacques-Louis Davis, called ‘The Intervention of the Sabine Women’. The painting is based around the story of early Rome, who set out to raid the neighbouring Sabine people, and capture their women, because Rome had a severe shortage of them. A few years later, King Titus Tatius of the Sabine, waged a war to get them back.

The women, now integrated into Roman society, stood between the warring forces, with their new husbands on one side of the battle, and their families on the other. The painting, an extraordinary piece of art, depicts this scene, with the Roman leader, Romulus, on the left, and Tatius on the right, held apart by Hersilia, the wife of Romulus and daughter of the Sabine king.

The original work, undertaken over four years, is a giant 3.85 x 5.22 metres in size, so getting this onto a coin without hacking away at the original would normally require some compromises, but this is one of PMC’s innovative Tri-Metal coins. Here, a 750 gram piece of Zinc has a 120 gram base layer of copper bonded to it, and a 2.5 oz layer of fine silver on top. The end result is a thick coin that reaches 165 x 125 mm in size, without costing a fortune. PMC has a wide range of these, and you can see them all in our comprehensive Coin Series Profile to the range. Available to order now.