Lot 550 Europe - Grèce

GREECEÂ -Â1896, OLYMPIC GAMES - BRONZE PARTICIPATION MEDAL
Bronze participation medal from the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.
Obv. ÂVictory seated holding laurel wreath and eagle below. The Acropolis is on top in the background. ΟΛΥΜÎΙΑΚΟΙ ΑΓΩÎΕΣ 776 Ï€.χ.- 1896 and below ΑΘΗÎΑΙ.
Rev.. Within the laurel wreath, the following inscription.
Â* ΔΙΕΘÎΕΙΣ ΟΛΥΜÎΙΑΚΟΙ ΑΓΩÎΕΣ ΑΘΗÎΗΣΙ 1896.
Bronze medal. Engraver Nikiforos Lytras. Issued byÂW. PITTNER WIEN. 50mm, Â58.59gr. ÂAU