Apollo and Relay race Torch ancient bronze coin, Macedonia. Amphipolis, 357 BC, A-M-(Phi)-I around race torch (c51212)

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Macedonia. Amphipolis, Apollo and Race Torch

Date: circa 357 BC
Obverse: Diademed head of Apollo right
Reverse: A-M-(Phi)-I around a relay race torch
Approx size: 11.3 mm. Weight: 1.3 g.

Torch Relay races started in ancient Greece as religious rituals held at night. In a torch-race a torch was passed on in the race with the goal being to reach the finish as fast as possible with it still burning. As a reward, the winner was allowed to light the sacrificial fire at the altar. The torch-race was connected with several religious festivals. These races eventually turned into a team athletic event, mainly with adolescents. It developed into one of the most popular sports in ancient times.

Apollo is the god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, medicine, healing, and plague, music, poetry and the arts, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis.

Amphipolis is a municipality in the Serres region of Greece. The seat of the municipality is Rodolivos. It was an ancient Greek polis, and later a Roman city, whose large remains can still be seen.

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