A 126-year-old bronze medal from the first modern Olympic Games in Athens is expected to fetch nearly $30,000 at auction after spending decades gathering dust in a drawer.
The owner of the medal had no idea what it was until deciding recently to get a valuation and was left stunned to discover it was an Olympic treasure from 1896.
It was awarded to athletes who finished second place – along with a laurel branch – at events held at the first ever international Olympic Games in Greece.
