Olympic Games/Summer, 1896, Athens. Beautiful round partici - Lot 233

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Olympic Games/Summer, 1896, Athens. Beautiful round partici - Lot 233
Olympic Games/Summer, 1896, Athens. Beautiful round participant (or commemorative, excusable confusion) medal for the first Olympic Games of the modern era. Obverse, the goddess Nike, the Phoenix and the Parthenon; reverse, five-line inscription in Greek, Olympic Games, Greece, Athens, 1896. Bronze, diam: 5cm. By N.Lytras. There were only 241 participants from 14 nations, so these medals are quite rare.
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