GREECE, Olympic Games, Athens [1906], a plated bronze Committee and Participant’s medal, unsigned, discus-thrower, tripod altar behind, rev. legend in incuse square, 24 x 27mm (GV 56.3; cf. DNW 136, 1582). Very fine; with suspension ring and original ribbon, rare £100-150

The design is based on a tetradrachm from the Greek island of Kos, c. 460 BC