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500 Drachmes Olympic Torch Runner
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 500 Drachmai (500 GRD) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely detailed scene of the Olympic flame lighting ceremony set against a classical Greek landscape with stone columns and vegetation. A robed high priestess stands at left, holding aloft a lit torch and passing the Olympic flame to a kneeling male athlete who reaches forward to receive it; a second draped figure is visible in the background beside an altar. The composition is rendered in high relief with strong sculptural modelling. The curved legend ΑΦΗ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΗΣ ΦΛΟΓΑΣ 2000 (Passing of the Olympic Torch 2000) arcs along the lower periphery, with the engraver's initials ΚΚ visible in the field. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΚΚ ΑΦΗ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΗΣ ΦΛΟΓΑΣ 2000 (Translation: Passing of the Olympic Torch 2000) |
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