Athens 1896 Olympic Games participation medal, the gilt-bronze version, designed by N Lytras, struck by Honto-Poulus, the obverse with Nike seated hol

Athens 1896 Olympic Games participation medal, the gilt-bronze version, designed by N Lytras, struck by Honto-Poulus, the obverse with Nike seated holding a laurel wreath over a phoenix emerging from the flames, the Acropolis beyond, the reverse with a Greek inscription within a wreath