The so-called "Lyon's lead medallion was discovered in 1862 in the sand of the Saone River in Lyon (France). This is the sample reduction of a stamping die for the back-side image of a gold medal, which was built by 297 AD. In the upper part of the "Lyon's lead medallions" are under the inscription "SAECVLI FELICTITAS" the Roman Emperor Maximian Herculis shown (at 240-310) and Constantine I. Chlorus (c. 250-306) on the throne with a bodyguard. The emperors approaches a group of men, women and children begging or through gestures. On the lower part shows the medallion the flourishing Roman Mainz (Mogontiacum "), the Rhine, the Rhine bridge and stone manor house (" Castellum Mattiacorum "). Over the bridge is a group of people. The figure comes with a I. under the emperors Constantine Chlorus Maximiamus Herculis and 297 AD were prisoners of war carried out settlement brought Franks in Gaul name. The motif on the Lyon lead medallion is the oldest visual representation of Mainz and Kastel. The original discovery of a diameter of 7.5 centimeters is kept in the cabinet of medals in Paris.
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