Artefacts

Reference record. Athens 1896, participation medal.

Physical description

Obverse: Seated Allegory of Greece with a laurel wreath and a sceptre. Next to the Allegory, Phoenix rising from the ashes. On the upper part, Acropolis, on the lower part, Stadion. Caption (greek): Olympic Games / 776 V. ^CHR ; Athens. Signature, on the upper right: (greek) LYTRAS W.P. Reverse: Olive wreath. In the middle, caption (greek): "International / Olympic / Games / Athens / 1896. Signature, in the middle of the lower: W. PITTNER WIEN

Created

Created: Nîkiphoros LYTRAS (1832)Created: Austrian Mint Created: Wilhelm PITTNER

Materials

bronze

Colors

bronze

Dimension

ø 5 x 0,41 cm, 60 g

Literature

LENNARTZ, Karl. Olympische Siege: Medaillen, Diplome, Ehrungen. Berlin : Sportverlag, cop. 2000. 474 p. ISBN 3-328-00865-9. SOLOMOU-PROKOPIOU, Aliki (ed.). Athens in the Late Nineteenth Century: The First International Olympic Games. Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece: Athens, 2004. ISBN 96087912-5-1. LAMBROS, Spyridon. The Olympic Games, part I : The Olympic Games in ancien times. With a prologue by Timoleon Philemon. Athens : Ch. Beck; London : H. Grevel, 1896. TZACHRISTA, Vassiliki. The History of the Olympic Games reflected in the Exhibits of the Museum at Ancient Olympia. Heraklion: Hellenic Olympic Committee; International Olympic Academy, 2000.

Type of item

Medals -> official commemorative medal

Reference number

143104

Keywords

Athens 1896, Olympic Games Antiquity Athens Greece Mythologie Laurel bird Stadium