A winner's prize medal from the first modern Olympic Games at Athens in 1896, designed by Jules Chaplain, signed, struck in silver for first place (s
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A winner's prize medal from the first modern Olympic Games at Athens in 1896, designed by Jules Chaplain, signed, struck in silver for first place (second place medals were bronze), the obverse with a portrait of Zeus with the globe in his right hand, upon which stands the goddess of victory, Nike, holding an olive branch, to the left in Greek the script reads OLYMPIA, the reverse with a representation of the Acropolis and Parthenon, the inscription translated from the Greek reads INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC GAMES, ATHENS, 1896, the edge stamped ARGENT, in original fitted case The original recipient of this winner's medal is unknown.