* GOLDMEDAILLE 1896: GRIECHENLAND ★ 500 DRACHMEN 2000 STG STEMPELGLANZ OLYMPIA 2004! * GOLD MEDAL: GREECE ★

* GOLDMEDAILLE 1896: GRIECHENLAND ★ 500 DRACHMEN 2000 STG STEMPELGLANZ OLYMPIA 2004!
* GOLD MEDAL 1896: GREECE ★ 500 DRACHMAS 2000 UNC MINT LUSTRE! OLYMPICS 2004!

Commemorative issue: Olympics Series - Olympic medal.
Interesting coin in lovely condition dedicated to Olympics in ancient times (776 BCE - IV century CE) and in Athens 1896, 2004 in modern world. It depicts the very first gold medal with phoenix of modern Olympics from Athens 1986. The phoenix became the symbol of restoration of sport movement as sign of peace. Its origin is traced to the Late Paleolithic when the bird described observations of total solar eclipse as rebirth of the solar god. See page 4 in the research Journal of Astrophysics & Aerospace Technology, 2014, 2: 107
hilarispublisher.com/open-access/solar-eclipses-in-the-outlook-of-the-slavs-2329-6542.1000107.pdf for details.
KM#180
UNC!!! MINT LUSTRE!
MASS 9.38 g

Lot 4923