BOSTON — A gold medal awarded at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics was sold at auction for ... On the other side, Nike, the goddess of victory in ancient Greek mythology, is shown alongside Zeus, ...

The 1904 St. Louis Olympics medal, auctioned for $545,371 ... On the other side, Nike, the goddess of victory in ancient Greek mythology, is shown alongside Zeus, the pantheon's king of gods ...

If they don’t, then the International Olympic Committee should do away with medals entirely and just go back to awarding only the winners olive wreaths as they did in the ancient Olympics.

In the ancient Olympics, Greeks competed for a ... You might apply some of these examples to identify not only valuable Olympic medals, which come up rarely for sale, but also other items like ...

The awarding of medals is a relatively new tradition: winners of games in Ancient Greece were traditionally donned with an olive branch wreath, according to the International Olympic Committee.