Remarkable winner’s medal issued for the Athens 1906 Intercalated Summer Olympics. Gilt silver, 50 mm, 63.5 gm, by Jules Clement Chaplain, Paris. The front features a portrait of Zeus holding Nike, the goddess of victory; the reverse features a view of Athens within a Greek legend. Stamped “Argent” on the edge. Complete with original round presentation box. The 1906 Athens Games were considered the Olympics by the press and participants, which included 854 athletes from twenty countries, but they were never officially sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee. The first gold medal from the 1906 games we have ever offered.